Another Reason I Love Linux

[Tyler Aviss]

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Dave Germiquet <davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> I've been using PS3 Media Sever (From
>> google projects) It transcodes
>> HighDef MKV/X264 movies (720/1080) without too much of a
>> problem... It
>> also transcodes music..it uses ffmpeg/mencoder.
>>
>> Still a few querks can Media TOMB handle mkvs and
>> transcodes video???
>
> Yes, it should.
>
> MediaTomb does not perform the transcoding itself. It calls a program such as ffmpeg or any other program than can write FIFO.
>
> But you can configure a different program for every media type, so as to use the best transcoder available for each type. Or use the same program, but with different parameters.
>
> I had to get the latest ffmpeg, including the non-free code, and compile it myself to get the PCM output working. But that is not hard.
>
> Stephen
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Long ago, one of the reasons I'd bough a 360 is that I'd seen the
versatility of "XBox Linux" on my friends old (original gen) Xbox, and
heard that the 360 had a built-in media-centre capable of doing
similar things. I was extremely disappointed to discover that not only
did it require a "windows media center edition" install running to
serve up and/or transcode the files (cannot connect to normal
shares/samba and stream), but it was somewhat limited in which codecs
it supported. Yet again a lame attempt to tie their platforms
together.

Now despite the whole pushing blu-ray on PS3, it seems that it is a
big win as the overall "open" and flexible platform. Imagine my
surprise that a company known for such things as "memory stick pro"
and UMD's makes such an open system. Congrats to the Sony PS3 team,
and keep up the good work. If they keep it up in the next-gen
consoles, I know who'll be getting my next console purchase.

Don't you wish that there was a way to express to these companies just
WHY their products are better, and support such things?
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