Questions[home-theatre](ubuntu)

I have a small PC running Ubuntu 18.04 which is usually not connected to a monitor. It is an UpBoard (details)

I connected the audio output to my amplifier.

Playing music works if I connect a monitor to the upBoard.

My goal: use the upBoard in headless mode. I would like to choose music with some android device, and then the upBoard should play the songs I selected.

I looked at kodi, but this seems to be for TV output (not headless).

I am unsure which kind of software is needed ..

• for the upBoard?
• for the android device?

The audio files which I want to play are on the UpBoard, not on the android device.

I have a 5.1 home theater with the ports as the figure shows. How can I connect it to my laptop?

Hey everyone— I have a home theater PC running Ubuntu 11.10, outputting over HDMI (for audio and video). I'm having an issue: I'd like the screen to lock automatically (when video is not playing, of course) but do not want the screen to turn off automatically, because that kills audio. I can manually lock the screen, of course, but it appears that if you set the "Turn off screen" setting to "never", the screen will never lock, no matter what the "lock screen" timeout is set to.

Is there a way to do what I'm asking, or will I have to install xscreensaver?

I've tried a fair number of media center apps like Boxee or XBMC. They all seem to use their own UI. Is there one that uses the native UI, more like rhythmbox or banshee?

I'm looking for something that has the library features of one of the more fully featured media centers I've listed. E.g. features like getting actor and director names, and linking to other media in the collection that shares these attributes.

E.g. If I have The Birds in my collection I could click on Alfred Hitchcock and see Rear Window or whatever.