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Matt:
It's a little early to know exactly what this is, but I generally like Steam and they're starting to push Linux:
http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

It'd be neat if MC Linux could add a little media muscle to the (presumably) forthcoming Steam Box.

Castius:
I have big hopes for this. The linux port could not be better timed.

The built in streaming of windows/mac games. Really changes the hardware landscape for HTPC.
Combined with a linux JRiver MC client. That really opens up so many possibilities.

I'm glad I held off on building my HTPC.
Good times ahead!

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--- Quote from: Castius on September 23, 2013, 10:42:05 pm ---The build in streaming of windows/mac games. Really changes the hardware landscape for HTPC.
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Hopefully this will include support for Nvidia's NVENC technology for low latency streaming, or at least Intel QuickSync to reduce the CPU load. Encoding video while gaming is a massive performance hit in my experience. My system (GTX570, i5 2500K) normally has no problem staying locked to 60fps with any games, but struggles to hit 30 if I try streaming video.

Performance aside, I've never had a very good experience trying to stream games. The quality and latency has always been a problem, even on a wired network.

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