Let's hope it is otherwise it'll still be useless compare to Spotlight.
I recently switched to OSX after years using windows and the fact that their search actually worked and returned results instantly was one of the many pleasent surprises.
Ummm, no.... I'm sure many people here are already aware, but if not - check out Beyond TV (http://www.snapstream.com/). The guys over at Snapstream have been doing automatic commercial detection for a while now
1080i is far from the only HD resolution. Even 720p looks far bettter than SDTV. How can someone who doesn't even own an HD set get rated as informative. If you can't tell that even 720p is a major improvement over standard def then you're either blind or lying.
You're kidding right? The binary drivers, from nVidia at least, are the only ones that "just work" for anything beyond plain 2D. In the past I spent countless hours searching for a video card that could be purchased off the shelf and used for TV-output/gaming and was forced to pick nVidia simply because of their drivers.
If you have a hardware encoder it's already in MPEG format just with a nuv extension..19 uses the proper extension...
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So... Which closed source competitor do you work for now? That's about the only reason I can see for spouting nonsense like you have.
I have to lspci, then spend weeks messing around with mythtv-config and mythfrontend to try and get it to receive TV If you have a properly configured VFL, ivtv or DVB card it's as simple as selecting the card type from a drop down list.
It's not like I'm uneducated in these things. I was a principle engineer on a DVB set top box in the past.I do have a clue. So to break it to you but no... you don't
However MythTV takes all that is obvious about television and renders it obscure and crash prone.Wow, I guess I better do something about the Myth backend and frontends I've been running since 18.1 without a reboot or crash.
The thing they need to fix is autoconfigure code that scans for TV cards, asks you some basic questions You mean like the channel scanner that's been in there for ages?
My TV gets by without knowing what channels are being sent. It just finds them. MythTV should be able to work out of the box in the same way. Take your TV to China, the UK and Germany and see how many channels it finds. Then see check out it's handy on-creen guide...
It would be nice if it could actually watch or import DVDs, like it claims it can. WatchDVD drops out after the first intro section, playing only 1 section. Import DVD does nothing. Yes I did install the CSS library. It did not help. Watch DVD launches the DVD player software YOU configured it to use. How is it Myth's fault if your own damn software doesn't work? As for Import DVD doing nothing sounds like you didn't bother to compile with it enabled.
Of course all of the above is readily avialable in the documentation but since you're such an expert and all I guess you can't bother to read that eh?
I'm curious, what makes a closed source vendors checksum any more safe than, say, Redhats? Regardless of that, someone would need distribute their uber-exploit compiler with every binary distro out there instead of ONE compiler for Windows.
I write closed sourc software for a living and have done so for many years. It'd be beyond trival for me to inject all sorts of nastiness if I so chose.
I'm *well* aware of the attack vectors involved. None of them are insurmountable, and they're certainly a lot harder to pull off than in the closed source world.
Do you have the source code for Unix? Why yes I have the source to everything on my Linux machine.
Also, do you have the source code for the compiler that compiled that version of Unix? Yes because I compiled it all myself.
And finally, do you have the source code for the compiler that compiled the compiler? Yes I do it's pretty standard pratice to compile the comppiler then recompile the compiler with the new compiler.
It's amazing the number of people who say things like this. You act like things such as fanless powere supplies and low noise cooling equipment don't exist. You can't here my HTPC from 3 feet away let alone from my couch and I've not done anything other than install some fan regulators.
In order to use cablecards in a PVR you have to be able to certify that there is no way for a user to gain access to an unecrypted copy of the stream. Guess which of the PVRs can never do that? All of the Myth developers recognize this, why don't you?
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So then why are people bitching about hardware X not being supported?
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They have every right. You gave it to them when you clicked agree. Don't like it? Don't play.
The funny thing is, had he posted on a Mac he would have seen his spelling errors as he made them.
What part of WE didn't you get?
I true geek would have a Tivo or other DVR and watch it when they felt like it. ;)
Let's hope it is otherwise it'll still be useless compare to Spotlight.
I recently switched to OSX after years using windows and the fact that their search actually worked and returned results instantly was one of the many pleasent surprises.
Wow 5 whole data centers? I'm impressed, really I am.
You sound just like the guys bragging about the "enterprise" apps they built with VB.
Except that the peek volume DOESN'T go up during commercials. There's just more at the peaks.
Yes they have, with code taken from MythTV.
I'm one. Setting up a Myth box on Suse takes all of a couple hours including download time.
1080i is far from the only HD resolution. Even 720p looks far bettter than SDTV. How can someone who doesn't even own an HD set get rated as informative. If you can't tell that even 720p is a major improvement over standard def then you're either blind or lying.
You're kidding right? The binary drivers, from nVidia at least, are the only ones that "just work" for anything beyond plain 2D. In the past I spent countless hours searching for a video card that could be purchased off the shelf and used for TV-output/gaming and was forced to pick nVidia simply because of their drivers.
Except that the open source drivers removed support for MPEG decoding acceleration and Via's drivers suck.
The subtitles are not "imaged based". If you can decode DVB subtitles you have them as ASCII text.
You're kidding right? Tens of thousands of people in the USA alone use MythTV. Myth is used in several commercial products as well.
If you have a hardware encoder it's already in MPEG format just with a nuv extension. .19 uses the proper extension...
I have to lspci, then spend weeks messing around with mythtv-config and mythfrontend to try and get it to receive TV
If you have a properly configured VFL, ivtv or DVB card it's as simple as selecting the card type from a drop down list.
It's not like I'm uneducated in these things. I was a principle engineer on a DVB set top box in the past.I do have a clue.
So to break it to you but no... you don't
However MythTV takes all that is obvious about television and renders it obscure and crash prone.Wow, I guess I better do something about the Myth backend and frontends I've been running since 18.1 without a reboot or crash.
The thing they need to fix is autoconfigure code that scans for TV cards, asks you some basic questions
You mean like the channel scanner that's been in there for ages?
My TV gets by without knowing what channels are being sent. It just finds them. MythTV should be able to work out of the box in the same way.
Take your TV to China, the UK and Germany and see how many channels it finds. Then see check out it's handy on-creen guide...
It would be nice if it could actually watch or import DVDs, like it claims it can. WatchDVD drops out after the first intro section, playing only 1 section. Import DVD does nothing. Yes I did install the CSS library. It did not help.
Watch DVD launches the DVD player software YOU configured it to use. How is it Myth's fault if your own damn software doesn't work? As for Import DVD doing nothing sounds like you didn't bother to compile with it enabled.
Of course all of the above is readily avialable in the documentation but since you're such an expert and all I guess you can't bother to read that eh?
I write closed sourc software for a living and have done so for many years. It'd be beyond trival for me to inject all sorts of nastiness if I so chose.
I'm *well* aware of the attack vectors involved. None of them are insurmountable, and they're certainly a lot harder to pull off than in the closed source world.
Do you have the source code for Unix?
Why yes I have the source to everything on my Linux machine.
Also, do you have the source code for the compiler that compiled that version of Unix?
Yes because I compiled it all myself.
And finally, do you have the source code for the compiler that compiled the compiler?
Yes I do it's pretty standard pratice to compile the comppiler then recompile the compiler with the new compiler.
Never.
Seriously, nothing open source will ever be able to use cable card.
It's amazing the number of people who say things like this. You act like things such as fanless powere supplies and low noise cooling equipment don't exist. You can't here my HTPC from 3 feet away let alone from my couch and I've not done anything other than install some fan regulators.
QAM (cable HD) is supported as is Firewire from your cable box.
In order to use cablecards in a PVR you have to be able to certify that there is no way for a user to gain access to an unecrypted copy of the stream. Guess which of the PVRs can never do that? All of the Myth developers recognize this, why don't you?
So then why are people bitching about hardware X not being supported?
How about an HDTV tuner card? Which, oddly enough, they put in the system.