MythTV Box now VLC Box

I'm dying to build a proper media center PC with Myth TV. Here's a couple of related links I want to keep track of:

Installing Debian Linux on a Pentium-M mini-ITX SBC

I'm trying to find out the minimum bandwidth requirements for playing DVD quality video over a network (the DVD VIDEO_TS folder would be on a network share accessible over the network, via Samba or AFP). Related cool thing: DistantDVD. Damn, it costs $15!

VLC - I've used this before to play videos, but VideoLAN also makes a video streamer - VLS. VLC can actually stream too. This is actually really awesome. I was using Mac's DVD player to open up a video_ts folder shared via Samba, but it was skipping here and there during action scenes. With VLC, I'm able to set the buffer, and the playback is much much smoother.

http://www.pchdtv.com/
Engadget article on HDTV from a PC

MythTV runs on Mac OS X, but only the front end. For the back end, you need a linux machine.

For now, we're going to stick with just using a Mac for DVD tv shows.

Best way to watch DVDs on Mac OS X

Mac OS X VNC Widget

OH NO!!! While VLC has basic support for DVD navigation, its really not that good. I'll continue to simply use the DVD player from Mac OS X for that.