> My MediaMVP sits on the shelf, unpowered. Ha, one of mine still sits in it original shrink wrap.
> I'd be more interested in additional MVPMC hackery if I thought there was a > way to get around the wireless limitations (i.e. 128bit WEP). I actually had > to host a second parallel WLAN just to use my MVP. At least with the OpenWrt > platform, I have more driver options and control visibility. I don't have one, but I believe later mediamvp's added wifi using a compact flash socket. I could be wrong, but you might simply be able to swap out an old wifi card for a new one. Then look into controlling it for WPK. I don't think it is possible to upgrade from WEP only to WPK w/o a wifi hardware change. It would be a simple matter to add a access point wifi box to even the 1st generation mediamvp in order to support WPK. > Also, I highly recommend the Squeezeslave project as a general, very > efficient Squeezebox client. I'm running it on nearly all my Linux boxen, > including one of the 3 forementioned ASUS routers. Wonderful piece of > software. I believe this is also what the mythtv squeezslave developer (can't remember his name) used for that mythtv plug in. I'm not sure how hard that would be to port from its offered form to something suitable for an embedded environment (i.e. no mass storage, weaker processor, limited memory, platform specific interface to sound hardware, ect.) >> One of the problems with this is that the mediamvp / mvpmc has lost a lot of >> steam with the advent of HDTV. > That's a good point, especially when you can build an HD-capable tiny > footprint media client PC for around US$200, maybe less. No kidding. I mean, yes, I believe you. The hold outs are that there are still fans in many of these boxes and other such remnants of desk top PC which are not suitable for 24/7 operation a-top your stereo equipment stack. And those boxes which have made the hardware jump (i.e. most are SigmaDesign based designs) are so closed to opensource efforts that most people have simply given up on them. And most of this hardware has falling into the "back hole"...: LightOn DVD players, Sony Dash Media boxes, Some Happaugge boxes, ... > I still think the (wireless) MediaMVP hardware would be viable as a project > device with a more modern wireless driver, but I'm not holding my breath for > Hauppauge's support. > > Ron > Happauge already has an HD box that is (I believe) SigmaDesign based. So I doubt they are too interested in supporting this IBM based design inside the mediamvp. Interesting talk, but need to run. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
