Kiosk-like Finder/Front Row Alternative?

Hello,
I'm working on a geek-project for personal use and wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Basically, I'm taking an older G4/667 with S-Video out, no monitor (well, a TV, but no good for actually viewing Finder, navigation, etc.) and my only navigation tool is an Apple Remote and Mira (software) - basically, trying to create a very oldschool/simple "media center" out of it.
Front Row chokes on this machine, and alternative tried thus far with no success are:
- CenterStage
- MediaCentral
- iTheater
- mMedia
So, I'm ruling out "Front Row" like apps 'cause they're just not working. What I'm looking for now is an alternative for Finder that displays the navigation large enough that it's useable on a TV screen. Something that I can navigate finder and launch media files?
I dunno. Maybe I'm wasting my time, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears!
Thanks,
Kristin.

Elgato's EyeTV software is spec'ed to work with a G4/500 or above. And it has a full screen menu mode that works with the Apple remote. Converting Quicktime to a format playable on that machine without choppiness is going to be the hardest part, as it takes twice as long as the length of the video to encode MPEG-2s on a G4/733. So imagine something a bit longer, even if you max out the RAM.

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