an environment identical to Windows, both visually and internally.
I didn't get that from the screen shots. The text inside of cpu-z go beyond their container. The okay and cancel buttons here look as bad as 20 year old Unix, I'm thinking of CDE or Motif or whatever that is called.
In fact, every single thing looks a bit off.
Is that on purpose for legal reasons?
~Eric
Every time this happens to me I search around and find a bunch of tools that will only get you 5 files or will only get you files under 20kb or some other stupid restrictions.
It can scale smaller content to 720p but can hardly play any 720p content. I have a 1080p TV so the only reason to run it at 720p is to get the menu's looking cleaner and crisper since the TV is going to scale it again anyway.
If you buy a $150 OS just to play WoW... Well, you tell me who is the sheep.
You're kidding right? These people pay monthly subscriptions and $8,000 on ebay for a virtual sword, virtual hair extensions, virtual blow up doll or whatever the hell people are buying nowadays. The $150 for the OS is chump change.
Unfortunately I no longer have a link to where to find it, but some Googling for some of the phrases quoted above should turn up a few copies.
(i) Effective April 1, 2004, upon request of a customer, replace any leased high definition set-top box, which does not include a functional IEEE 1394 interface, with one that includes a functional IEEE 1394 interface or upgrade the customer's set-top box by download or other means to ensure that the IEEE 1394 interface is functional.
To find it yourself from fcc.gov... http://www.fcc.gov/ -> Rules & Regulations -> Code of Federal Regulations Search -> Title 47 Telecommunication Oct. 1, 2006 -> Parts 70-79 -> 76.640
I got a box from my cable company but have been unable to capture anything with the built in firewire port on my motherboard.
Exactly. I would buy one in a heartbeat if I could run MythTV on it at 1080p with acceleration. That would get one in my house, then who knows...I might even buy a game or a bluray disc or two.
Maybe this weekend I'll stop overclocking this AMD K6 I found in a dumpster over the holidays. I know, I know, but it didn't cost me a dime!
If you actually spend money you can have a nice system. I built mine for around $1,000. I haven't read about the new Tivo yet, but does it let you skip commercials while you compress to xvid or x264 to take up less space?
Can it transcode into an iPod format and host a podcast on a webserver that iTunes can connect to?
If you don't want it, don't buy it...I'm not going to buy it.
I have CPU cycles to spare on encryption should I choose to use it. The only time my CPU is running at 100% is when I'm encoding my MythTV recordings into XVid.
And why should you pay for the same hardware twice? That is, say I get two of these hard drives, and put them both in the same computer -- doesn't it make more sense to just have one crypto chip shared between them?
The main target for these things are going to be laptops where you want to use as few CPU cycles as possible. I'm guessing that a dedicated chip for crypto would use far less than a general purpose CPU. As soon as you mention putting two of these in a system you're not talking about a laptop any more.
As for using a general purpose 'crypto card'. Thats like saying to use general purpose RAM instead of a buffer on the hard drive. I'm sure these chips being right on the same logic board as the hard drive perform much better than a general purpose crypto card would
You make good points. It could all be done in software. But then again so can 3d graphics.
I've never used dm-crypt but I've read about it and thought about using it. It seems like most people out there who use dm-crypt even use it on their swap partition just to make sure that the key is never stored in plaintext on the HDD itself.
It just makes it nice for the consumer to be able to plug the hard drive into a machine and have encryption working out of the box with no setup. Although it doesn't seem to be completely self contained
From the article... Seagate claims the performance hit for what is usually a CPU-intensive process is only a couple of percent thanks to onboard processing, and that the user would not be aware of any read or write drag.
I would think anything more than 0 percent means that it isn't completely self contained. Why is the CPU concerned at all?
Yeah, I use directory mode...its nice, but it still relies on a database. I need to go into the setup menu then the video menu before it updates the database. Where every time I start XBMC and browse to the samba share it is live.
You can use the XBMC MythTV python scripts here....
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/
Basically you just put it in your scripts directory on your XMBC installation.
There is a setup screen and you can have it access your files through Samba.
It is okay for watching recorded programs. It asks if you want to skip commercials but it never works for me.
Watching live TV doesn't work that well either. But for accessing your recordings, it works just fine.
What we need now is an implementation that works on Linux. Who cares if you need to run the Windows Software DVD player to get the keys. We need it to run on Linux as an excuse for the software.
Wasn't that the case for DeCSS? Because someone wanted to watch a DVD in Linux?
Agreed. I have both an Xbox with xbmc and a MythTV box. The nice thing about XBMC is that it can browse a samba share live. For some reason in MythTV, those files and locations need to go into a database instead of browsing for the stuff live.
Years from now when you can buy multiple terrabyte portable mp3 players, someone will still choose to store 10 million ogg/mp3 files instead of 1 million FLAC files. All legal files of course.
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I don't. Please inform us.
Every time this happens to me I search around and find a bunch of tools that will only get you 5 files or will only get you files under 20kb or some other stupid restrictions.
...Too bad FORTRAN didn't die first.
720p isn't HD?
It can scale smaller content to 720p but can hardly play any 720p content.
I have a 1080p TV so the only reason to run it at 720p is to get the menu's looking cleaner and crisper since the TV is going to scale it again anyway.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
I'd buy one in a heartbeat if Linux had access to the 3d hardware.
I would use it as a MythTV frontend and for other multimedia purposes.
And guess what...after buying it, I would buy at least a couple of games as well as blu-ray movies.
Until then, I won't touch one. I'm happy (well, happy enough) with my modded Xbox running Xbox Media Center.
The PS3 would be way better with HDMI and 1080P compared to XBMC which only plays 720p and very choppy 1080i and no HD content.
I would buy a PS3 in a heartbeat if it had a Linux graphics driver so I could use it as a MythTV frontend or for other multimedia purposes.
After that, I know I'd buy at least a couple of games and some blu-ray movies.
What is it that Sony is afraid of in releasing a graphics driver for Linux?
You're kidding right? These people pay monthly subscriptions and $8,000 on ebay for a virtual sword, virtual hair extensions, virtual blow up doll or whatever the hell people are buying nowadays. The $150 for the OS is chump change.
(i) Effective April 1, 2004, upon request of a customer, replace any leased high definition set-top box, which does not include a functional IEEE 1394 interface, with one that includes a functional IEEE 1394 interface or upgrade the customer's set-top box by download or other means to ensure that the IEEE 1394 interface is functional.
To find it yourself from fcc.gov...
http://www.fcc.gov/ -> Rules & Regulations -> Code of Federal Regulations Search -> Title 47 Telecommunication Oct. 1, 2006 -> Parts 70-79 -> 76.640
I got a box from my cable company but have been unable to capture anything with the built in firewire port on my motherboard.
They have it in Orlando, FL and for relatively cheap too. Only $40 a month.
You can call anywhere in the US. The only problem is you have to call from Orlando. Leave the area and you start getting charged.
Exactly. I would buy one in a heartbeat if I could run MythTV on it at 1080p with acceleration. That would get one in my house, then who knows...I might even buy a game or a bluray disc or two.
If you actually spend money you can have a nice system. I built mine for around $1,000. I haven't read about the new Tivo yet, but does it let you skip commercials while you compress to xvid or x264 to take up less space?
Can it transcode into an iPod format and host a podcast on a webserver that iTunes can connect to?
I have CPU cycles to spare on encryption should I choose to use it. The only time my CPU is running at 100% is when I'm encoding my MythTV recordings into XVid.
The main target for these things are going to be laptops where you want to use as few CPU cycles as possible. I'm guessing that a dedicated chip for crypto would use far less than a general purpose CPU. As soon as you mention putting two of these in a system you're not talking about a laptop any more.
As for using a general purpose 'crypto card'. Thats like saying to use general purpose RAM instead of a buffer on the hard drive. I'm sure these chips being right on the same logic board as the hard drive perform much better than a general purpose crypto card would
You make good points. It could all be done in software. But then again so can 3d graphics.
I've never used dm-crypt but I've read about it and thought about using it. It seems like most people out there who use dm-crypt even use it on their swap partition just to make sure that the key is never stored in plaintext on the HDD itself.
It just makes it nice for the consumer to be able to plug the hard drive into a machine and have encryption working out of the box with no setup. Although it doesn't seem to be completely self contained
From the article...
Seagate claims the performance hit for what is usually a CPU-intensive process is only a couple of percent thanks to onboard processing, and that the user would not be aware of any read or write drag. I would think anything more than 0 percent means that it isn't completely self contained. Why is the CPU concerned at all?
Do not confuse CAD design (Computer-aided design design) with CAD (Computer-aided design).
I think he's talking about a developer machine for creating applications like AutoCAD or Pro/E.
Either way, I'm not going to rush out and put my PIN number in an ATM machine anytime soon to buy one of these.
Yeah, I use directory mode...its nice, but it still relies on a database.
I need to go into the setup menu then the video menu before it updates the database.
Where every time I start XBMC and browse to the samba share it is live.
http://www.efinke.com/addons/slashdotter/
You can use the XBMC MythTV python scripts here.... http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcmythtv/ Basically you just put it in your scripts directory on your XMBC installation. There is a setup screen and you can have it access your files through Samba. It is okay for watching recorded programs. It asks if you want to skip commercials but it never works for me. Watching live TV doesn't work that well either. But for accessing your recordings, it works just fine.
I like how it doesn't mention which kernel they're talking about. It mentioned Linus's name, but doesn't mention the Linux Kernel.
What we need now is an implementation that works on Linux.
Who cares if you need to run the Windows Software DVD player to get the keys.
We need it to run on Linux as an excuse for the software.
Wasn't that the case for DeCSS? Because someone wanted to watch a DVD in Linux?
Agreed. I have both an Xbox with xbmc and a MythTV box. The nice thing about XBMC is that it can browse a samba share live. For some reason in MythTV, those files and locations need to go into a database instead of browsing for the stuff live.
If you use Firefox's slashdot extension it automatically puts the mirror links right after all links in the summary.
Years from now when you can buy multiple terrabyte portable mp3 players, someone will still choose to store 10 million ogg/mp3 files instead of 1 million FLAC files. All legal files of course.
I'm sure the math of off but you get the point.
Clippy is dead.
Has anyone confirmed this?
Sirius has commercial free music stations. All other ones, comedy and talk, have commercials.
If the interface is the only thing you don't like about Gimp, have you tried Gimpshop?