Martin,
I have interest in the embedded market. I have not been able to find a
player that has the open source to begin development.
Mike
----- Original Message ----
> From: MVallevand <[email protected]>
> To: Tom Metro <[email protected]>
> Cc: Michael Drons <[email protected]>; L-mvpmc-users
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 7:19:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mvpmc-users] MVP alternatives
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Tom Metro
> wrote:
> > Michael Drons wrote:
> >> The chipset (Realtek) which controls the video drivers is not open
> >> source. The only thing open source about it is Linux.
> >
> > That's too bad, as I see there is a flood of Realtek-based media players
> > hitting the market lately:
>
> One thing that has killed the low priced MVP alternatives is the lack
> of developer interested in building a client on the Popcorn Hour
> family. I did drum up interest from the manufacturer Syabas only to
> have fall flat here. They make sub $150 devices that would have been
> perfect now (HD PVR and HD mpeg-ts support is excellent), but with no
> support I am not going to bother pursuing as Syabas move on to their
> next gen machines.
>
> I am actually communicating with one Realtek vendor, but I am assuming
> that mvpmc developers are no longer interested in continuing on the
> embedded market.
>
> Martin
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