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Ubuntu Multimedia Center is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with community and professional support.It is also a live cd that is ubuntu derived and also free. This system was inspired by the fact that ubuntu didn’t have much of a multimedia center.Because users would have to manually download the codecs for playing mp3’s and what not.The mail objective of this project is multimedia related programs available to users as easy as possible.
Ubuntu Multimedia center Installation
First you need to download Ubuntu Multimedia version from here after that you create a CD and start booting with the CD Once it starts booting you should see the following screen in this you need to select second option “Install to the Hard disk Option” and press enter
Now you can see Ubuntu Multimedia center starts booting
Once it comple loading you can see the desktop with the following screen here you need to click on install to start the installation.
Here you need to select your installation language and click on forward.
Select a city in your country and time zone.In this example i am using london city and uk as country and click on forward.
Select your keyboad layout and in this example i am using British English and click on forward
You need to enter username,password and computer name here and click on forward
It will start the partitioner here you need to select how do you want to partition the disk and select which option is suitable for you in this example i am selecting “manually edit partition table” and click on forward
Now you can See the following screen with the disks available in your machine here you need to create partitions for this you need to select the available free space and in this example you can see the 8GB of space for this installation here i am going create a partitions for this right click and click on new.
Once you select new you should see the following screen asking for creating disklable and by default gparted will create msdos disklabel and click on create
Confirm msdos label on disk here by clicking on create
Once you create the lable on the disk your disk is ready for creating partitions you can do this by clicking on new
Once you click on New you can see the following screen here you can select new size,partition type and click on add.Inthis example i am entering size as 100 mb and partition type as ext3 and tick the check box next to round the cylinder option.
In the same way i have entered remaining available space and click on add
Here you can see the two created partitions and click on forward
Confirm the pending operations by clicking on apply
Applying pending operations in progress
Here you need to create a mount points by selecting mount point and partition and click on forward
Here is the all the list of information for available for installation here you need to click on install to start the installation.
Installation in progress and it shows the copying files percentage.
Installation Completed Succesfully and you need to restart the system by clicking “Restart Now”
Ubuntu Multimedia center Screenshots
If you want to see some of the screenshots tour for ubuntu multi media center you can click on the image for complete gallery
Tags: Other Linux, ubuntu multimedia center, ubuntu multimedia center screenshots, ubuntu multimedia made easy
November 21st, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Hi There ubuntu multimedia center fans. I guess you might have already guess that my site is down but I need your help now. Since 100gb of bandwidth didn’t hold out as I expected (as I thought it would… foolish of me to think that) so now I am at an end where I might not be able to continue unless I got more bandwidth or get a mirror. if anybody can help me email me at thibeaz[at]gmail[dot]com
November 21st, 2006 at 1:34 pm
I don’t feel this really qualifies as a “Multimedia Center”. It looks to be pretty much ubuntu with some changes in the default packages. What a shame…
November 21st, 2006 at 2:16 pm
I totally agree with shinmai, I was hoping to see a full setup of mythtv
November 21st, 2006 at 2:20 pm
@shinmai
currently this is under development and the version i have shown here is RC1 and the author is going to be released RC2 with Mythtv and other things in RC2 version
November 21st, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Maybe next time the release can be put somewhere and put up via torrent. I’d be happy to put it out as a torrent. I don’t have very great upload bandwidth, though But if it can be toreented (is that a word?) it wouldn’t take too long to get it spread around. And it would take a lot of pressure off site bandwidth.
As for other comments, I’ll withhold judgement until I can actually try it. But I’d tend to be a little more forgivving of a project that’s still in its early stages.
November 21st, 2006 at 5:36 pm
As I said in other sites that this is just a proof-of-concept, basically for my part. I will in RC2 as the admin says have mythtv set but I’ll have to strip some other stuff like removing a couple of items like the games. Ohh don’t worry I am going to include a custom script for adding the games afterwards the OS is installed. But all that within 600 or so megs can be pretty hard. But in light there will be a new theme (actually the original theme that I forgot to add in RC1…Was working late at night when I built RC1) and some extra features that other users requested.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:54 pm
Not to pick on you too much, but do you know what a “Release Candidate” is? You might check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_stage
I’d reconsider calling these RCs. From what you’ve said, they’re by no means feature complete. A “proof of concept” sounds at best like an alpha release.
November 21st, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Hey guys lets not discourage. I do hope you continue and build something with mythtv built in from the start. It would be a great feature.
November 21st, 2006 at 8:43 pm
Well I use my own way of naming development names. Sorry if it confuses anyone I will use the standard naming
by the way my mirror is almost set up. my main page is now running but the iso file is still uploading so I suggest waiting until it is ready. I will post the link when it is ready
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:07 am
have all the legal issue been solved? afaik, codecs are not bundled in the official release due to some legality issues. we just have to download and install the codec personally. but it’s good to hear that there is a release like this.
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:48 am
will this go onto a compac 1750?
November 22nd, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I believe it should. What kind of proccessor do you have, a 32bit or a 64bit? Because I haven’t Branched out to 64 yet
November 22nd, 2006 at 5:17 pm
does it have bmpx ?
November 23rd, 2006 at 4:08 am
Is there an alternative download site?
That one has exceeded its bandwidth for quite some time now :[
November 23rd, 2006 at 11:15 am
Download link available if you check the download link in the article.
November 24th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Forum is up too. multimedia.debianadmin.com. Just click on the forum link and you’ll be taken to the forum
November 26th, 2006 at 2:52 am
I haven’t been able to access multimedia.debianadmin.com
Is it up yet?
November 26th, 2006 at 11:07 am
I don’t know what happened. I remember in an email the the bandwidth was getting a little low. I just got another person willing to mirror so I’ll let you guys know when it’s up.
November 27th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
New site launched http://www.ubuntummc.com. Yup folks thats Ubuntumc’s new site and we are still uploading some stuff but we are almost done. Keep listening for more on Ubuntu Multimedia Center News
November 28th, 2006 at 12:24 am
will this install over an existing edgy installation?
November 28th, 2006 at 2:23 am
No it won’t but what I am trying to do is create a convert-me-script for current users of Dapper/edgy to have multimedia center. PS UBUNTU MULTIMEDIA CENTER IS NOW UP (except for the iso fixing that now)
November 28th, 2006 at 2:23 am
No it won’t but what I am trying to do is create a convert-me-script for current users of Dapper/edgy to have multimedia center. PS UBUNTU MULTIMEDIA CENTER IS NOW UP (except for the iso fixing that now) http://ubuntummc.com
December 3rd, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Firefox can’t find server @ “multimedia.debianadmin.com”
December 9th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
You need to go to http://ubuntummc.com
December 28th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Good idea, but don’t overstretch. Keep it simple and working. Á lot of people have a hard time to install Mythtv. Only solution is knoppmyth, but then you dont have the nice ubuntu distribution. If you could make a distribution which:
- included mythtv
- includes a lot of codec
- supports hardware
If you could get 2 out of those 3, you will have done a great job.
January 11th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Hmm, check it out. It appears that my GDM theme, which I call Blubuntu, made it into a distro.
January 12th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I am hoping that whatever codecs are legal to distribute to a mahjority of the world are just included. Installing extra codecs was even a challenge for me and never could get some stuff to work. I could finally get AAC to work in Amarok with Kubuntu Edgy, and never could get it in Dapper without “breaking” a package. Hoping it won’t be so hard in future editions. Fortunatley if one is willing to look, someone usually posts the code that can be copied and pasted into a shell to get them.
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Multimedia and hardware detection/drivers is the largest drawback to Linux on the desktop. The solution is going to have to be more companies adhering to the demand for Linux support. This is going to require corporate sponsorship, which is where companies like Red Hat, Novell, and Linspire will come in with cash $$$. Community will only take this so far. Vendors need a reason to make drivers and applications for Linux.
Money talks and B.S. walks.
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Multimedia and hardware detection/drivers is the largest drawback to Linux on the desktop. The solution is going to have to be more companies adhering to the demand for Linux support. This is going to require corporate sponsorship, which is where companies like Red Hat, Novell, and Linspire will come in with cash $$$. Community will only take this so far. Vendors need a reason to make drivers and applications for Linux.
Money talks and B.S. walks.
By the way, my Blubuntu GDM theme is nice huh? Some credit or a link might be nice, you know?
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Привет всем!
И так было до Ubuntu, как поставил все проблемы решились, ни ошибок, ни пролем нет 
Нашёл отличный вариант, для своего мини Медиа Центра, это Ubuntu Multimedia Center!!!
Раньше был Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, барахло полное. При долгой работе (часа 3-4) выскакивал BSOD NTFS-ошибка
Создателям ОГРОМЕННОЕ СПАСИБО!!!!! ^-^
С уважением Андрей
February 19th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Brent you theme is just only a temporary gdm I am currently working on one that is completly original so that everybody is happy and I will make sure that you’ll get your credit you deserve
March 14th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I did not mean to say that you cannot use it. Please do! I am honored by it. I was only messing around, and pointing out my design.
But I am glad that you confirm this.
Personally, I think your modification looks great! You should use it dude. Besides, I’d love for my work to be included in a distro!
March 18th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Hi! Everything is OK! But I can not install modem. Please, explain to me what must I do in order to install: 1) dial-up modem, 2) ADSL modem, and get Internet connection. Best regard!
March 21st, 2007 at 5:55 am
It’s good that they came up with a multimedia-themed Ubuntu distro-in-distro. I really love the regular Ubuntu. IMHO, it is one of the easiest distros for a windows n00b. But when I got my ATI HDTV Wonder card, I had such a hard time installing and configuring it with MythTV. In the end, I just got the live-on-CD version on MythTV and used that instead. Hopefully the Ubuntu Multimedia Center will prove a better match. Thanks for the installation walkthrough!
Allan
April 6th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
hay que tener cuidado con esta “distribución”. Para más detaller ver esta liga que fue escrita en la Facultad de Ciencias UNAM
http://foro.fciencias.unam.mx/showthread.php?tid=125
April 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
When installing UMC, is there any way to tell it where to install GRUB, or to use LILO instead of GRUB?
When I install UMC, it writes GRUB to the MBR on my first drive. I would like it to install GRUB or LILO to the same partition
that UMC is installed to. I can do this with Ubuntu 6.10, but didn’t see the option in Multimedia Center.
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Wtf is ChurchForge?
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
What’s the difference between Ubuntu and Ubuntu MMC (apart from the name and startup screen?
June 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
this is first time i installed ubuntu at my PC…
i really surprised that it tooks only 20minnts to instsalled my pC. save more time from windows.
when i start pc and also shutdown it takes few momnets only when windows took more time…
i am really surprised and thanks to those who try to develop it day by day.
hope within few years an operating system will be found in variuos dust box which is must windows
as a first time user i am failure to run my mp3 and others vedio file.
is there any one who explain me or send a link to me for this problem…
July 5th, 2008 at 11:32 am
What happened to this project ? Is this still active ?