On 25 Jan 2007 22:12:00 EST, "Michael Brown" wrote: > Hi Folks! > > I have an MVP that I bought specifically to run mvpmc for our bedroom, and it >'s fantastic for watching stuff recorded by my Freevo PVR when the kids are in > bed. I was thinking I'd get another for the Family Room when I ran across th >e MediaGate MG-35. A local store has some on clearance for $20 more than a ne >w MVP. It has composite, S & component video outs (480p, 720p, 1080i), analog >, optical and co-axial digital audio outs, and it's Sigma chip supports MPEG >1/2/4, Divx and xVid (with some exceptions), mp3 and ogg all in Hardware. It >also supports an internal FAT32 or NTFS PATA drive for local storage (and file > transfer via USB 2), as well as 10/100 ethernet. Newer firmware seems to sup >port Ximeta NDAS (network access to the drive as if it were local). > > There's an open source project for it, much like mvpmc: > http://mediagate.pbwiki.com/ > > I'm just wondering if: > > 1. Anyone here is using one, and what do you think of it compared to the MVP >running mvpmc. > > 2. If people like them (there's also a wireless version with 1080p and HDMI), > and there's interest, maybe it would be good to share efforts/code between th >e two projects. > > Just thought I'd throw this out for opinions, discussion. > > Thanks for everyone's efforts on mvpmc! I absolutely love it! > > /Mike
I have not looked at the MediaGate MG-35 much, but it appears that they are a ways behind the MVP in terms of reverse engineering the thing. On a related note, however, I did send out a brief proposal last night on the developer mailing list about major architectural change I'd like to make. I'd like to move most of the functionality of mvpmc into a set of plugins that can be loaded as needed, either locally or off the network. One side effect of this should be to make mvpmc a lot more portable (ie, porting to a new platform would only require reimplementing the lowest layer plugins that talk directly to the hardware). Right now, mvpmc is fairly portable from a GUI perspective, but not from an audio/video perspective. A good example of this is that you can build and run mvpmc on a linux workstation, but it will not play audio or video files. So, if people succeed in figuring out how to play audio, video, and draw on the screen without the default apps, then porting mvpmc to the MG-35 should be possible. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
