can i use mediaportal on my ancient computer (1 Viewer)

[fasty]

i have an old laptop it ha's 200mhz, 72mb ram and 20gig hd,
is it possible to use MP with it im only gona use it to play music.
will it work or shoulde i get a linux alternetive?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

That will not run Windows XP which Mediaportal needs.

 

[Efros]

try geex box

http://geexbox.org/en/downloads.html

 

[fasty]

okey.. so mediaportal needs win Xp did not know that
i have tryd geexbox but i dont like the layout on it, is there any other alternative or am i stuck with geexbox?

 

[ohdarklord]

You could try an old version of show shifter

I use showshifter 2 on an old 450mhz computer with windows 98

Its not as good as media portal but it will play dvds mp3 files and movies.

 

[moullas]

Only way to see is to try

I remember my P3-133 was perfectly able of playback of MP3's, but there are other more CPU intensive formats that wouldn't play (that was around 1997 i think...)

IMO a linux derivative would be your best choice if you need a frontend, but you'll need some more memory to compensate for the lack of cpu power, because if your box starts swapping memory while playback there is no way for a 200MHz laptop to cope