Introduction

This Team works on making the Ubuntu Media Center dream come true.

For a good definition of a Media Center, have a look at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_center Wikipedia].

The main tasks of this Team are:

• Federate all Ubuntu and upstream forces interested in the subject and create a Development Community.
• Sum up the state of media center artwork and select a base software.

• Specify the functions and the look & feel of the Ubuntu Media Center.

• Create the needed resources (graphical and textual components) and plugins.
• Package and maintain everything needed for an Ubuntu Media Center.
• Create a specific distribution for UMC installation.
• Maintain and improve the results.
• Work closely with upstreams (Elisa, Debian, LIRC, etc.).

The Ubuntu Media Center will be both suited for desktop usage and operation as a dedicated appliance.

The base software that will be used is [http://elisa.fluendo.com/ Elisa].

Contact

Either contact the [https://launchpad.net/~aquette Project Leader] or the [https://launchpad.net/~umc-team Launchpad UMC Team] to get in touch with us.

We have a temporary mailing list for team usage. To subscribe, send an e-mail to umc-request@ml.free.fr with a subject line of "subscribe".

How to Contribute

• [https://launchpad.net/~umc-team/+join Sign up] on the launchpad page.

• Join the temporary development mailing list as described above.

• Lay down your useful skills in the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/Sandbox Sandbox].

Projects and status

• Task name	Task status		Comments
  	Specification	Implementation
  Media Center [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/StateOfTheArtSpecs State of the art]	90 %	N/A	needs final polishing and completion
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/SoftwareSpecs UMC Software]	50 %	0 %
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/CodecSupport Codecs Support]	20 %	0 %
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Media_Center_Artwork Artwork]	20 %	0 %
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/UISpecs User Interface]	15 %	0 %
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/RemoteSupport Remote controls support]	100 %	30 %
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/DistroSpecs UMC Distribution]	50 %	0 %
  Ubuntu [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RemoteControls Improved support for IR remote controls]	95 %	10 %	only considering milestone 1
  Common user directories standardization	40 %	0 %	Under discussion with freedesktop members. See [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/common-user-directories-naming-spec draft specification]
  [http://www.ubuntumediacenter.org/ UMC website]	?	?
  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/Packaging Packages creation and improvement]	?	?	lirc, elisa, gstreamer / codecs, ...

Launchpad Membership Policy

Any kind of participation is welcome! So, if you feel you are motivated, and have to express ideas and/or skills in the MC area, [https://launchpad.net/~umc-team/+join join us]!

However, we are especially looking for:

• Kernel Hackers for LIRC integration
• Graphic Designers for the UI and Artwork
• Python Developers for Elisa plugins and skins

Strike Forces

The Ubuntu Media Center Team is subdivided into Strike Forces (SF). Each Strike Force is dedicated to varying goals and projects.

• [:MediaCenter/ArtworkStrikeForce:Artwork Strike Force]

• [:MediaCenter/CodingStrikeForce:Coding Strike Force]

• [:MediaCenter/DistroStrikeForce:Distribution Strike Force]

• [:MediaCenter/MarketingStrikeForce:Marketing Strike Force]

Meetings

• [:MediaCenter/IRCMeeting20070620:IRC Meeting] (June 20th)
• [:MediaCenter/IRCMeeting20070613:IRC Meeting] (June 13th)

• [:MediaCenter/CocMeeting070515:Community Council meeting] (May 15th), blessing the UMC project

Status Reports

• [:UbuntuMediaCenterTeam/Status20070315:March 15, 2007]
• [:UbuntuMediaCenterTeam/Status20070421:April 21, 2007]
• [:UbuntuMediaCenterTeam/Status20070514:May 14, 2007]

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