First post, by snorg
I've got an AMD A10 APU that I set up a while back to be a media center. Originally I was going to use Win Vista as I didn't have a Win 7 license and I didn't want to purchase a Win 10 license as there is no Windows Media Player.
However, I've been thinking about making a mod to the front of my Cooler Master case to have a 5" LCD that could display a simplified media player interface (touchscreen maybe?) and then when actually playing back an audio file it would show either an old school graphic EQ visualization or maybe some trippy OpenGL stuff. Video files/tv would be output to the TV of course. I'm not entirely sure how to make all this work together and make it look like something resembling a store-bought product and not a bodge job. I could use some recommendations on the following:
OS: better to use Linux or stick with Vista? It would be nice to be able to game on the machine when not using it as a jukebox/DVR.
LCD: touchscreen isn't absolutely necessary but I would like something that could display a list of media files, artist info/albums, and then play a music visualization.
THanks in advance.