Has anyone thought of supporting the MVP with freevo? I'm not sure exactly what it would entail as its a fairly limited little box. It is based on a PPC with hardware mpeg1/2 chip that reads streams from the network.
I was just curious if it was possible as I was using freevo with a dxr3 and from what I understand freevo transcoded everything for the dxr3 (which I guess means mpeg streams - including the menus). If that is the case it wouldn't be a hugh step to stream that stream over the network to the MVP. What I know about the MVP: Apart from the PPC, hardware mpeg1/2 chip. It is running linux, it has a bit of firmware that enables it to search for the MVP on the network (At this point it appears to be searching for an TFTP server, which then uploads the rest of the OS (a file called dongle.bin (screaming out for someone to hack it)) which then loads menus from the MVP server (these are just html - but I think they are sent using some sort of VNC like process (as you can view the menu on the PC). As for the remote return commands, I don't know much about that. There is a project (www.gbpvr.com ) that has implemented this, but its media support for the MVP is limited. The original MVP software from Hauppauge leaves a lot to be desired even with the beta software that adds wma/wmv and divx support. The transcoding is inefficient as when I try to play a divx movie thru the MVP from my dual 1G PIII it says it isn't fast enough... with freevo playing divx thru the dxr3 (transcoding to mpeg?) on a dual celeron 400MHz it could just about cope. The cost of the MVP is low with many vendors carrying it @ GBP £50 and its small (smaller than a video cassette) and its quiet (no noise at all). And to top it all off the video output is great, as good as the dxr3 on TV. Anyway - what do people think? Mark "Yesterday I saw the Red Arrows flying information, then I saw the Red Arrows flying in formation" ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
