It's easier to ask forgiveness later then permission first. I believe Google knew what they were doing. I also believe some engineers that worked on the code raised ethical questions that were later squashed. Google is all about data collection.
I was lucky enough to get one of those before they were told to stop selling them because of Pong copyright violations. http://www.retrotogo.com/2009/11/ebay-watch-pong-clock-by-buro-vormkrijgers-.html It's hanging on the wall behind me right now. Maybe I'll keep it as a retirement fund:) I wonder how long this one has before it suffers the same fate?
Everyone's favorite Joel has an okay solution. Its very user friendly and doesn't require router configs. It's free on weekends. It is based on VNC so it's slow but it gets the job done. I used it to fall back to a restore point on my mom's Windows laptop across EVDO.
They'll probably take the authentication check out within the first couple of patches. They did this with UT2003 and UT2004 after enough time had passed the hype of everyone wanting the game had simmered down.
I just setup this solution for myself that covers the issues he had. The ShowCenter can play VOBs, MPGs, Divx/Xvid, plus a few more. Its a nice set top solution that looks nice and is quiet. If you don't to use windows as the back-end server, there are two open source Apache/PHP projects that will replace their Windows back-end application.
Music: - MP3 - PCM - All incompatible audio files (E.G. WMA) will be converted to MP3 at 128kb/s
Video: - MPEG-1 - MPEG-2 - DivX AVI - Xvid AVI - All incompatible video files (WMV, DV) will be converted to a ShowCenter compatible format as set by the user.
Image: - JPEG - BMP - PNG and GIF files are converted. All "Portrait" oriented image files are rotated by 90 degrees in the ShowCenter database and scaled to PAL or NTSC video resolution. The pictures are optimized for being displayed on a TV screen and stored as a copy in JPEG format, while preserving the original image file.
Video standards for A/V outputs: - PAL 25fps full D1 720 x 576 interlaced - NTSC 29.97fps full DV 720 x 480 interlaced
Inputs and outputs:
The ShowCenter box provides all audio and video outputs for delivering the optimum sound and video quality no matter what A/V equipment is connected. The A/V connectivity is equivalent to a premium quality DVD-player and consists of:
a) SCART 21-pin connector (Europe-only, also known as Peritel connector or Euroconnector) with composite, Y/C, RGB, stereo audio b) Component video output ("YPrPb", 3 x RCA) c) Composite video output (1 x RCA) d) Y/C ("S-Video") video output (1 x Hosiden) e) Stereo audio outputs ("Line-Out") (2 x RCA) f) Additional stereo audio output (for separate connection to stereo system) (2 x RCA) g) Digital audio outputs, both optical (1 x Toslink) and electrical (S/PDIF 1 x RCA)
Further inputs and outputs:
a) Ethernet 100baseT (1 x RJ45) with associated connection/data LEDs b) PCMCIA slot for Pinnacle-approved wireless network card c) Power cable connector d) IR receiver
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It's easier to ask forgiveness later then permission first. I believe Google knew what they were doing. I also believe some engineers that worked on the code raised ethical questions that were later squashed. Google is all about data collection.
I was lucky enough to get one of those before they were told to stop selling them because of Pong copyright violations. http://www.retrotogo.com/2009/11/ebay-watch-pong-clock-by-buro-vormkrijgers-.html It's hanging on the wall behind me right now. Maybe I'll keep it as a retirement fund :) I wonder how long this one has before it suffers the same fate?
Everyone's favorite Joel has an okay solution. Its very user friendly and doesn't require router configs. It's free on weekends. It is based on VNC so it's slow but it gets the job done. I used it to fall back to a restore point on my mom's Windows laptop across EVDO.
https://www.copilot.com/
They'll probably take the authentication check out within the first couple of patches. They did this with UT2003 and UT2004 after enough time had passed the hype of everyone wanting the game had simmered down.
I just setup this solution for myself that covers the issues he had. The ShowCenter can play VOBs, MPGs, Divx/Xvid, plus a few more. Its a nice set top solution that looks nice and is quiet. If you don't to use windows as the back-end server, there are two open source Apache/PHP projects that will replace their Windows back-end application.
Pinnacle ShowCenter
OpenShowCenter
OXYL-BOX
Supported File formats:
Music:
- MP3
- PCM
- All incompatible audio files (E.G. WMA) will be converted to MP3 at 128kb/s
Video:
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- DivX AVI
- Xvid AVI
- All incompatible video files (WMV, DV) will be converted to a ShowCenter compatible format as set by the user.
Image:
- JPEG
- BMP
- PNG and GIF files are converted. All "Portrait" oriented image files are rotated by 90 degrees in the ShowCenter database and scaled to PAL or NTSC video resolution. The pictures are optimized for being displayed on a TV screen and stored as a copy in JPEG format, while preserving the original image file.
Video standards for A/V outputs:
- PAL 25fps full D1 720 x 576 interlaced
- NTSC 29.97fps full DV 720 x 480 interlaced
Inputs and outputs:
The ShowCenter box provides all audio and video outputs for delivering the optimum sound and video quality no matter what A/V equipment is connected. The A/V connectivity is equivalent to a premium quality DVD-player and consists of:
a) SCART 21-pin connector (Europe-only, also known as Peritel connector or Euroconnector) with composite, Y/C, RGB, stereo audio
b) Component video output ("YPrPb", 3 x RCA)
c) Composite video output (1 x RCA)
d) Y/C ("S-Video") video output (1 x Hosiden)
e) Stereo audio outputs ("Line-Out") (2 x RCA)
f) Additional stereo audio output (for separate connection to stereo system) (2 x RCA)
g) Digital audio outputs, both optical (1 x Toslink) and electrical (S/PDIF 1 x RCA)
Further inputs and outputs:
a) Ethernet 100baseT (1 x RJ45) with associated connection/data LEDs
b) PCMCIA slot for Pinnacle-approved wireless network card
c) Power cable connector
d) IR receiver