Afternoon all<br><br>I have a project I want to get set up but not sure if its viable or not.<br><br>I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop that has an S-video output. I have currently got XP on the laptop and it hooks up via an s-video to composite convertor (which you get with the laptop)
<br><br>I want to run this laptop as a media center so I can copy video files over the network to the laptop and then play them on my TV. The problem is that under XP to get the s-video out to work you need to install the ATI drivers. I also needa remote that will work with the laptop.
<br><br>Now, is there a linux distor like knopmyth or somesuch that will a) work on that laptop and let it use the s-video port and b) is there a USB IR remote that works under Linux?<br><br>Or should I just forget it and get a copy of windows media center - which I REALLY dont want to have to do.
<br><br>any ideas?<br><br>cheers<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Paul Howard<br><br>t: +44 (0)1293 738158<br>m: +44 (0)7771 512312<br><br><a href="http://www.phoward.com">http://www.phoward.com</a>