[wellylug] Mobile Multimedia Machine (MMM!)

[jamie]

Hi Guys,

I'm planning on building the ultimate linux mobile multimedia machine.
Basically I want to build a portable/laptop that handles audio and video 
*really* well. It doesn't neccessarily need to be a laptop, as these tend to 
have relatively poor quality sound cards, and a reduced video card....but I 
wouldn't discount these entirely....And If I can find a 1 / 2 ru rackmount 
that does sound stuff, I'd be happy to entertain that.

Anyway, I'm also thinking that Redhat might not be the best way either - for 
2 reasons - 1. They've dropped support for MP3 (and I *am* using MP3 in an 
legitimate way), 2. I prefer debian.

I'm interested if anyone else has been down this path, and what if any 
hassles they came up against (driver support etc). 

I suppose MP3 is not essential when you've got OGG, so if anyone has some war 
stories about OGG streaming I'd be a keen listener.....

If anyone is doing MPEG4 video - what were the hard parts?

I'm also interested if anyone has messed around with the agnula/demudi debian 
audio distro's http://www.demudi.org/main/main.php3  (though things do seem 
pretty stale there)

I am happy to receive "boy have I got a deal for you!" emails, but please 
email me off list as commercial traffic should not clog the lug.

Cheers

jamie