The best thing about Napster was the Linux support. Hopefully one of these other services will release something or make it possible for gtk-gnutella to work.
Broadcasters don't even use the full 1920, the resolution they use is generally 1400 or less. Just about every TV out there converts 1080i to 540p anyway.
Interlacing really should have NEVER been a part of the ATSC specs, except for one backward compatibility mode with existing NTSC. ARGH.
> Some HDTV's down-sample a 1080i signal to a 720p signal,
Actually, 720p > 1080i. HDTV's generally support the lower quality picture, which is 1080i - if they even bother to accept a 720p signal.
And for that matter they generally show 1080i at 540p anyway, unless you are ready to spend extra. There is a Panasonic that can do real 720p for $2500 or so, which is the best bargain I have seen.
It's called a Linux PC. With Tux Racer as the minimum performance standard, plus a requirement of good TV Out support, there is a large market for games.
Corel's Linux products, before the Microsoft investment were great. I'm talking about Wordperfect 7 and 8. Their Wine project had potential, but version 1 sucked. Unfortunately they didn't stick it out and release a 1.1 version - which would likely have ruled - due to Microsoft's influence.
The 20 MHz digital signal for each broadcaster can support multiple signals. For example, 15 MHz for a high definition signal and 5 mhz for the 480i equivalent (480i is roughly the same as an ideal analog channel).
The 480i signal is all that the FCC mandates; the hope is that the networks will use the rest of their bandwidth for high def signals and not 5 channels of low quality infomercials.
Digital TV channels are capable of broadcasting both a HDTV signal, and a lower resolution digital signal or two that is roughly the same as existing channels. By the time 2006 comes around, there will be super cheap set top boxes that can decode the low definition digital signal and display it on any current analog TV.
For example, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno is actually broadcast twice on the same channel - one subchannel for hi def and one subchannel for low def. The only part that is actually mandated is the low def signal.
With today's technology, it should be possible to have hundreds of channels per market. Combine this with reasonable ownership limitations and the situation would be much better for people who want choice.
I'll bet a majority of those $500,000+ numbers include a gross percentage point commission in addition to an up front fee. With $10,000 of equipment, a sound-proof room, and a few weeks of time with someone who knows what they're doing you can make a great sounding album.
A few exception people, e.g. Bob Rock who does Metallica, may be able to ask for high six figures up front - but only because the end result is guaranteed to go multiplatinum.
Sets of fonts that are the exact same size as the standard Microsoft fonts (e.g. Arial). This is one of the key problems when trying to export files from Open Office to an MS Word user - the fonts end up not matching correctly and things look funny.
So, uh, how can they support Linux on this Telemann card? Teralogic (the hdtv chip manufacturer) is staunchly Anti-Linux; there are no specifications or drivers anywhere.
Is there no Linux support? Linux support is critical.
Also, I tried to find hdtv2mpeg on avsforum and Google but couldn't find any reference to it. Can you provide a URL? I have been using the dvbtools (apt-get install dvb-mpegtools IIRC) and ts2ps is able to do a decent conversion for playback with xine/mplayer/etc.
I have one of these and the hardware is nice, but the software is more or less useless. The last update on their site is from April 2002, so it looks like they have just given up on it.
BTW, what is Quad XGA? Why would you want 4 times the headache-inducing interlaced 1024 line mode?
You are going to be a pioneer on this one. Time shifting of HDTV requires moving a LOT of data. If you have an infinite amount of money and can hack well, the WinTV-HD would actually be a good start - just buy the driver source code and make it work properly. If anyone is interested in trying this, let me know.
In my case, I get some extra work because I know something about health care data. I'm also trying to get more familiar with MPEG details for possible work in the world of Digital TV.
It's great to have generalized skills with C++, or Linux, or whatever. It is more useful to be able to apply them to more specific industries; especially one like health care that is not going away any time soon.
I read a study that like 3% of this country's GDP goes to health care data management (aka the massive bureaucracies of our insurance industry).
Boycotts are great if you can take away a noticeable percentage of their business. Most people don't even know what the RIAA or MPAA are, which is one reason why they are so effective.
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I guess we'll have to find a way to use bowling
balls and white socks in addition to the Pringles
cans.
If so, where can I download a demo? If not, why
is this story on Slashdot.
The best thing about Napster was the Linux
support. Hopefully one of these other services
will release something or make it possible for
gtk-gnutella to work.
720p at 60 fps is better than 1080i at 30.
Broadcasters don't even use the full 1920, the
resolution they use is generally 1400 or less.
Just about every TV out there converts 1080i to
540p anyway.
Interlacing really should have NEVER been a part
of the ATSC specs, except for one backward
compatibility mode with existing NTSC. ARGH.
Mark
HDTV is one of two modes:
1280x720 at 60 frames a second (best)
1920x1080 interlaced, 30 frames a second (acceptable)
It looks like this camera is 50% of the way there.
The subject of this article should be "Microsoft tries to subvert
HD-DVD standards with Windows Media".
This is yet another sad day. Slashdot continues to push anti-Linux
articles.
> Movies originated as 24FPS film, when encoded as HDTV, should be in
> 24FPS 1080p.
Actually this is a valid mode, and there are rumors of 1080p24 coming
on The West Wing.
> Some HDTV's down-sample a 1080i signal to a 720p signal,
Actually, 720p > 1080i. HDTV's generally support the lower quality
picture, which is 1080i - if they even bother to accept a 720p signal.
And for that matter they generally show 1080i at 540p anyway, unless
you are ready to spend extra. There is a Panasonic that can do real 720p
for $2500 or so, which is the best bargain I have seen.
Mark
It's called a Linux PC. With Tux Racer as the minimum performance
standard, plus a requirement of good TV Out support, there is a large
market for games.
Corel's Linux products, before the Microsoft investment were great. I'm
talking about Wordperfect 7 and 8. Their Wine project had potential,
but version 1 sucked. Unfortunately they didn't stick it out and release
a 1.1 version - which would likely have ruled - due to Microsoft's
influence.
The 20 MHz digital signal for each broadcaster can support multiple signals. For example, 15 MHz for a high definition signal and 5 mhz for the 480i equivalent (480i is roughly the same as an ideal analog channel).
The 480i signal is all that the FCC mandates; the hope is that the networks will use the rest of their bandwidth for high def signals and not 5 channels of low quality infomercials.
Digital TV channels are capable of broadcasting both a HDTV signal, and a lower resolution digital signal or two that is roughly the same as existing channels. By the time 2006 comes around, there will be super cheap set top boxes that can decode the low definition digital signal and display it on any current analog TV.
For example, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno is actually broadcast twice on the same channel - one subchannel for hi def and one subchannel for low def. The only part that is actually mandated is the low def signal.
With today's technology, it should be possible
to have hundreds of channels per market.
Combine this with reasonable ownership
limitations and the situation would be much
better for people who want choice.
I'll bet a majority of those $500,000+ numbers
include a gross percentage point commission in
addition to an up front fee. With $10,000 of
equipment, a sound-proof room, and a few weeks of
time with someone who knows what they're doing you
can make a great sounding album.
A few exception people, e.g. Bob Rock who does
Metallica, may be able to ask for high six figures
up front - but only because the end result is
guaranteed to go multiplatinum.
Sets of fonts that are the exact same size as the
standard Microsoft fonts (e.g. Arial). This is
one of the key problems when trying to export
files from Open Office to an MS Word user - the
fonts end up not matching correctly and things
look funny.
My $.02.
Since this software is user-supported, does that
mean that it is usable in Linux? I can only
dream about using Linux for this... that would
be nice.
Thanks,
Mark
So, uh, how can they support Linux on this
Telemann card? Teralogic (the hdtv chip
manufacturer) is staunchly Anti-Linux; there
are no specifications or drivers anywhere.
Is there no Linux support? Linux support is
critical.
Also, I tried to find hdtv2mpeg on avsforum and
Google but couldn't find any reference to it.
Can you provide a URL? I have been using the
dvbtools (apt-get install dvb-mpegtools IIRC)
and ts2ps is able to do a decent conversion for
playback with xine/mplayer/etc.
I have one of these and the hardware is nice,
but the software is more or less useless. The
last update on their site is from April 2002,
so it looks like they have just given up on it.
BTW, what is Quad XGA? Why would you want 4
times the headache-inducing interlaced 1024
line mode?
You are going to be a pioneer on this one.
Time shifting of HDTV requires moving a LOT
of data. If you have an infinite amount of
money and can hack well, the WinTV-HD would
actually be a good start - just buy the
driver source code and make it work properly.
If anyone is interested in trying this, let
me know.
Etree is geared for bands that allow trading of
their live shows, but all kinds of discussions
happen there.
There is a mailing list, IRC channels, and most
importantly, a collection of FTP sites.
In my case, I get some extra work because I
know something about health care data. I'm
also trying to get more familiar with MPEG
details for possible work in the world of
Digital TV.
It's great to have generalized skills with C++,
or Linux, or whatever. It is more useful to
be able to apply them to more specific
industries; especially one like health care
that is not going away any time soon.
I read a study that like 3% of this country's
GDP goes to health care data management (aka
the massive bureaucracies of our insurance
industry).
My favorite Linux site of all time, and it's come
down to this: the site founder himself posts a damn
story about Windows.
This is truly the death knell for desktop Linux.
Boycotts are great if you can take away a
noticeable percentage of their business. Most
people don't even know what the RIAA or MPAA
are, which is one reason why they are so
effective.
I thought he was the windows advocate.
No distro will be able to include this support,
since it is not a proper GPL solution.
They have to hack in copyrighted, proprietary
DLLs to make this work. No distribution will be
able to get the rights to distribute this stuff.
Remember, if it's not open source... it's CRAP.