Media players, was Re: [plug] Linux, DRM and VOD

Marc Wiriadisastra marc-w at smlintl.com.au
Fri Aug 20 10:39:35 WST 2004


Hi All,

Sorry just went through the forums and found this relating specifically 
to linux relating to the z400 wireless.


http://www.zensonic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=211

Hope this answers teh questions relating to streaming using linux.

Marc

Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:

> I'll be honest all I know about the wireless setup is that you can 
> transfer from a windows machine and stream it that way.  I don't know 
> the in's and out's of it at all seeing that I'm still a nub.
>
> They do update the firmware from feedback in the forums. So if there 
> is a demand for high-definition video's I would assume if the chipset 
> is capable of handling it they would upgrade the firmware to use it.  
> This is a pure assumption.  I've only used SVCD's, xvid and divx avi's 
> created using windows cause I *don't know* how to uncompile to raw 
> data as in .dv and .mp3 and recompile into a divx compression avi in 
> linux
>
> Overall the only reason I've pointed that product out is because its 
> an Australian "invention" and also because I saw that the firmware was 
> compiled on unix which is a bit unusual I would have thought.  It 
> might be C source firmware so compiled in unix would enforce the 
> standards I suppose?
>
> Anyways good product and it works anyother info have a look in the 
> forums off of the zensonic main page.
>
> http://www.zensonic.com
>
> HTH
>
> marc
>
> Michael Holland wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Just letting you know we have now set pricing for the Zensonic Z330:
>>>
>>> http://www.cbcn.com.au/shop.html
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Cool. Do you know if the wireless player will play an RTP broadcast 
>> stream
>> from the LAN? (from a Linux server), or is it SMB only?
>>
>> Will that or the DVD player play high-definition videos? e.g. 1080i from
>> digital TV, or 720p AVIs ?
>>
>>
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