On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Allan Stirling <<a href="mailto:Dibblahmythml0015@pendor.org">Dibblahmythml0015@pendor.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Colin Guthrie wrote:<br>
> Simon Allcorn wrote:<br>
>> I'll be interested to hear peoples comments on this<br>
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> This would be awesome if it's possible :)<br>
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> Col<br>
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</div>Unlikely. The video chipset is by Broadcom, who are infamous<br>
for their lack of support of open-source development. Which<br>
is a shame, since it otherwise looks like a nice box.<br>
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There are no public datasheets for the video or audio path.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Allan.</font></blockquote><div><br>Well maybe the mythtv community can help persuade Toshiba do open the devices. Here is a blog post with a link to an online petition to open specifications for the players: <a href="http://pdavila.homelinux.org:8080/blog/?p=271">http://pdavila.homelinux.org:8080/blog/?p=271</a><br>
Link directly to the petition: <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HD-DVDSpecRelease">http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HD-DVDSpecRelease</a><br>Note: Do not be deceived by ipetition you have successfully add your name to the petition and do not need to make any donation. I assume those reading this list will be able to figure that out but found this practice really annoying.<br>
<br>HTH,<br>Ben <br> <br></div></div><br>