Share the TV shows, personal videos, and other multimedia content with friends and family who don't use Linux by creating a bootable disc that includes the video, player, and a tiny version of the OS. The eMoviX project lets you create your own customized, micro MoviX2 version that can boot up and play your personal video content. The fact that eMoviX software is so small (under 10MB) allows most of the software to be contained on the initial RAM disk (initrd.gz). Once the RAM disk is loaded into memory and the kernel is booted, eMoviX has only to access the CD or DVD to get the video content.

MPlayer is the multimedia player used with eMoviX, and Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, ALSA, is the sound system. When you or your friends want to play back your bootable movies, MPlayer plays in full-screen mode. You can use your keyboard to control the playback (Table 5-1 provides an MPlayer cheat sheet to detail how to use the keys).

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