Re: [maemo-developers] Developing for IT2006
--- Marius Vollmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not even sure if services with a prefix other than com.nokia. are supported at all. You might try a com.nokia. prefix and if that works but not your own prefix, yell loudly. Prefixes other than com.nokia do not work. See here: https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=602 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
[maemo-developers] Re: Playback of MPEG2?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on the Nokia webpage I saw the hint that the N770 can playback MPEG4, Real Video, H.263, ... (see IceAge trailer) But do we have a change to playback MPEG2 video files? (e.g. DVB-S recordings or DVDs) Is the HW fast enough (with accelerator if any)? There are two problems: 1) the CPU and 2) memory bus. The CPU (even with the DSP) is not fast enough to unpack DVD or DVB resolution video. The even bigger problem is the memory bus, or to quote someone from #maemo: The 770's memory bus is more like a memory bicycle. The Ice Age trailer is approximately 200x300 pixels with 15 fps, and even that is a bit jerky. Another problem is the file size. Most DVD movies are over 4 gigs, while the biggest RS-MMC card you can buy is 1 gig (AFAIK). I also seriously doubt the WLAN is fast enough for streaming full rate. So no, you probably can't do that. But you can transcode your video to MPEG4 using Mencoder. The instructions can be found in the wiki. I have done it myself and it works just fine. 20-30 minutes of video takes only ~80 megs and is quite watchable. __ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] OGG support
--- Martin Grimme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have written a little program which can fluently play OGG Vorbis files on the device. This shows that OGG support is technically possible and, by utilizing the DSP, it could even be implemented more efficient. That's cool. There has been some confusion on why there is no official OGG support. As far as I can tell, the situation is as follows (note: I'm not working for Nokia or any other such company, and I don't actually know any hidden, hard facts. Consider the following an educated guess) The lack of OGG is caused by two things. The time shortage has already been mentioned on this list. There have been semi-reliable rumors that DSP-accelerated OGG is now working somewhere in the vaults of Nokia. The other reason is a combination of lawyers and SW patents. As far as people can tell, there are no patents on OGG. But a company the size of Nokia can't rely on that. They have to check and then double check for themselves, which is a slow process. Their lawyers simply will not allow an unchecked release, because otherwise some IP poachers could sue them for millions of dollars due to patent infringement. Given the current (sorry) state of patent laws, this is unfortunately the way it _has_ to go. Anyway, I'm fairly confident that the next (or the one after that) SW release will support OGG. Until then I'll just use this proggie to play my OGGs. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
