Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-31 Thread Stroller
On 28 Jan 2010, at 16:34, James wrote: ... Supposedly you can control the embedded web browser, via the DLNA protocol. I don't really understand this sentence. My experience is limited to the use of MediaTomb to stream .mp3 audio & .mp4 video files from a Linux server to my PS3 for playback

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 30 January 2010 06:04:58 Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 15:21 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday 29 January 2010 14:12:10 Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > what contract? > > > > I don't know how it is where you are, > > Australia :) Ah! I'd forgotten, but I still would

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 15:21 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 29 January 2010 14:12:10 Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > what contract? > > I don't know how it is where you are, Australia :) > but in the UK, as I understand it, > every sale is deemed to embody an implied contract* between buy

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 29 January 2010 14:12:10 Iain Buchanan wrote: > what contract? I don't know how it is where you are, but in the UK, as I understand it, every sale is deemed to embody an implied contract* between buyer and seller. Either party is always free to specify whatever conditions he likes pr

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 13:35 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 28 January 2010 16:34:49 James wrote: > > > What I do not want to do is purchase the device to discover that it only > > works with windows. > > Can't you specify as a condition of the contract that it must not require > the

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 28 January 2010 16:34:49 James wrote: > What I do not want to do is purchase the device to discover that it only > works with windows. Can't you specify as a condition of the contract that it must not require the use of any particular brand of software to operate? -- Rgds Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-28 Thread def...@uberpenguin.net
Take a look at http://elinux.org/DLNA_Open_Source_Projects Has some nice links. I've yet to operate one via a browser :( deface On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:34 AM, James wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking at an Amplifier/Receiver; the Yamaha RX-V3900 > with ethernet. Supposedly you can control the embe

[gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-28 Thread James
Hello, I'm looking at an Amplifier/Receiver; the Yamaha RX-V3900 with ethernet. Supposedly you can control the embedded web browser, via the DLNA protocol. This ebuild media-libs/libdlna is scarcely supported, if you go to the website. Lots of other protocols may be available, I just have no ex