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VLC Hits the Device Market

Posted by timothy on from the long-time-coming dept.

JoeBorn writes "VideoLAN has long been known as a mature open source project for video playback and transcoding on the PC. Now, Neuros and Texas Instruments have sponsored a port of VLC to their next generation open set-top box. The idea is to allow developers to easily create interesting plug-ins for recording and transcoding applications for the set-top box which will automate functions previously requiring a PC, like formating recordings for a portable player or streaming to another device on the LAN or the Internet, etc."

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  1. Everybody now! by GigaHurtsMyRobot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everybody needs a little Vendor Loving Care.

  2. Re:subtitles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    To quote Eclipse: "What about VLC? No. Just... no."

  3. CCCP? by Vectronic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damnit, another cold war?

    1. Re:CCCP? by Stormwatch · · Score: 3, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, subtitles read YOU!!

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  4. Re:Like Tivo Hijacked Linux? by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hijacked? Talk about sour. The GPL(v2) was about sharing changes. Its nature was NOT about keeping people from making money or keeping them from locking down the hardware that it ran on. What it comes down to is you (general) opted for the shitty men's room style toilet paper and you are bitching your ass hurts from wiping.

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  5. Re:VLC is lacking (at least) one important feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who the hell rar's videos/torrents except newbs?