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Plextor PVRs Now Support Linux

Posted by timothy on from the excellent-news dept.

planetjay writes "Plextor PVRs now support Linux with an open source SDK for their ConvertX PVR external USB TV tuner/encoder This is great news for Linux PVR users who want to use an external device with hardware based MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/DivX encoding in their MythTV or Freevo homebuilt PVR. "Plextor is strongly committed to supporting the Open Source Software movement with free development tools that help speed the creation of next-generation Linux-based video software," said Dirk Peters, director of marketing, Plextor."

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  1. plextor's open source lip service by edudspg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If plextor is so committed to open source why is it I have to take my plextor px-708 drive out of the computer and over to an f-ing ms-dos box to upgrade the firmware? They are just like the wifi companies -- they pay lip service to open source but don't release the details needed to load firmware onto the drive.

  2. Leanware by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tried using Pocket IE and Pocket media player on my iPaq. I couldn't get Shoutcast streams to play. Not with any combo of PocketPC SW. So I installed Familiar, and everything's groovy. It's amazing that MS SW can't get the horsepower out of HW designed to run it, but Linux can do the trick.

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