Instant On PC ?

#1 DTM.inc

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 12:55 AM

I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop and i would like to make an 'Instant on' media player. Can this be done? Is there an OS out there that i can configure a dual boot PC that will boot into a media player, mainly just to listen to my music?

#2 lvlolvlo

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 02:27 AM

what? i don't know what yer sayin...you want sumtin that boots up a "media player" or Windows Media Player...?

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 03:26 AM

you mean like want to where you start the computer and it says "Microsoft Windows" then below that "Media Player" I don't think this is possible unless you use like a DOS Media Player which would be really ugly. I say just start the computer up all the way then start your normal media player.

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 04:00 AM

I think that what he wants is a secondary boot that simply loads a simple GUI that will allow him to play his music. No networking, no anti-virus, no firewall, just music.

I think that it's a really good idea. There are lots of times where I'd like to use my computer as a pure music player. The only problem that I can see is that the media-OS would still have to deal with drivers for your audio card and video card and such. I think that the development would be too much of a hassle... you might be able to get halfway there with a very, very, very stripped down distro of Linux tho.

Let us know if you find anything.

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 09:41 AM

Hey, check out this:
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GeeXboX is a full standalone media player. It's a bootable CD based on Linux which allows you to watch movies or listen to music. It supports most formats, such as MPEG, AVI, DivX, XviD, Ogg/Vorbis (Ogm, Ogg), RealMedia, MP3, DVD, VCD and Audio CD. Go to homepage for a few examples of its capabilities.

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Howzzat? Does it come close to what you want?

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Posted 04 January 2005 - 10:30 AM

Wow thats pretty sweet (bookmark)! I still prefer to use the media player with the OS loaded, particularly foxytunes!

#7 DTM.inc

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Posted 05 January 2005 - 02:05 AM

Yes, GeeXboX is what i'm looking for, i'll throw it on a partition, duel boot and see how it goes.

Thanks.

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Posted 05 January 2005 - 02:44 AM

wow that is awesome! Now i just need to get my DVD player working again.

*Bookmarks*

Thanks prathapml!

#9 angadsingh007

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Posted 26 February 2005 - 07:48 AM

Gr8 find!

I cud'nt find it on google

#10 brian873

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Posted 01 March 2005 - 05:15 AM

nice find !! prepare to download....

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