Comments on: Uncompressed: Episode 13 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/ Each week Tony and Thom bring you the latest insights into technology, video games, movies, computers, and geek life! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sean http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Sean Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:51:56 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-146 Hi Guys, I hope all is well! I just wanted to post a little bit more about Guitar Hero. I recently broke a guitar taking the game out to a friends house and my wife ordered the replacement before I could even find out if it was under warranty! It looks like I have created a monster! My wife has taken Guitar Hero and made it her life after work. I am so proud! Peep this image of my wife knocking down a 100% score!! http://ddhd.com/gheroine.jpg Guitar Hero is touching the lives of my friends and the game is fun everytime you play it. I have a sweeet projector unit and I am scheduled to bring it by a friends house to play on a huge wall!! If I can hook this thing up to a credit card merchant account, I could charge peeps for a certain amount of songs and insurance for the Guitar if they break it :) If that was possible I would to bring it to local bars and Karaoke night will have some competition, Why? Well not everyone can sing, but everyone can play AIR GUITAR!!! Please come out with a second disc redoctane! Please!!! Holla! Hi Guys, I hope all is well! I just wanted to post a little bit more about Guitar Hero. I recently broke a guitar taking the game out to a friends house and my wife ordered the replacement before I could even find out if it was under warranty!

It looks like I have created a monster! My wife has taken Guitar Hero and made it her life after work. I am so proud! Peep this image of my wife knocking down a 100% score!!

http://ddhd.com/gheroine.jpg

Guitar Hero is touching the lives of my friends and the game is fun everytime you play it. I have a sweeet projector unit and I am scheduled to bring it by a friends house to play on a huge wall!! If I can hook this thing up to a credit card merchant account, I could charge peeps for a certain amount of songs and insurance for the Guitar if they break it :)

If that was possible I would to bring it to local bars and Karaoke night will have some competition, Why? Well not everyone can sing, but everyone can play AIR GUITAR!!!

Please come out with a second disc redoctane! Please!!!

Holla!

]]> By: Tony http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Tony Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:25:17 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-127 Floyd, thats a good point, I should have clarified that its not the ethernet that is the bottleneck, its the DVD player. With a .vob it is just too much data coming over the network for the poor little DVD player to handle. Ive streamed .vob to pc's before without much of an issue but the V880n chokes on them. The look/sound fine, just get a bit chunky in the playback. I think its because the unit just doesnt have enough processing power to handle the overhead for that kind of data streaming AND render the video/audio. Its been a while since I checked for new firmware, so it might have since been fixed, but so far mp3, mpeg, mp4, divx, etc just fine over the ethernet but just not vob. I imagine there would be a similar problem with a USB hard drive attached because USB has a lot of processing overhead as well -- but I havent tried it. But again, thank you for bringing up that point. I dont want our listeners to be misled -- 100BaseT can definately handle the transfer, and im sure there are products on the market that can handle that. Unfortunately the v880n (at least with my firmware revision) cannot. Floyd, thats a good point, I should have clarified that its not the ethernet that is the bottleneck, its the DVD player. With a .vob it is just too much data coming over the network for the poor little DVD player to handle. Ive streamed .vob to pc’s before without much of an issue but the V880n chokes on them. The look/sound fine, just get a bit chunky in the playback. I think its because the unit just doesnt have enough processing power to handle the overhead for that kind of data streaming AND render the video/audio. Its been a while since I checked for new firmware, so it might have since been fixed, but so far mp3, mpeg, mp4, divx, etc just fine over the ethernet but just not vob. I imagine there would be a similar problem with a USB hard drive attached because USB has a lot of processing overhead as well — but I havent tried it.

But again, thank you for bringing up that point. I dont want our listeners to be misled — 100BaseT can definately handle the transfer, and im sure there are products on the market that can handle that. Unfortunately the v880n (at least with my firmware revision) cannot.

]]> By: ThomW http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-126 ThomW Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:46:32 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-126 Floyd - you must have missed my email a couple weeks or a month ago. I emailed you to see if you'd be interested in doing a show with us and talking about it -- I'd love to hear more about the stuff you do. The thing with running uncompressed video is that perhaps the Momitsu doesn't have the horsepower to process that much data. I mean it's kind of silly considering it's got enough juice to decompress and display MP4, but maybe it has something screwy between the network interface and memory that runs less than optimally. Floyd - you must have missed my email a couple weeks or a month ago. I emailed you to see if you’d be interested in doing a show with us and talking about it — I’d love to hear more about the stuff you do.

The thing with running uncompressed video is that perhaps the Momitsu doesn’t have the horsepower to process that much data. I mean it’s kind of silly considering it’s got enough juice to decompress and display MP4, but maybe it has something screwy between the network interface and memory that runs less than optimally.

]]> By: Floyd http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Floyd Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:32:42 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-125 Good show. I definitely heard the clicking. Sounds like my own keyboard, which is very close to what Thom posted. http://focus.com.tw/images/jpg%20files/2001.jpg I have only owned 2 keyboards since 1990, and they were both Focus "clicky" keyboards. The things are indestructable. The only reason I replaced the first one I bought was because it was getting a little grungy. It still worked fine. Tony, I wanted to make a comment about something you said regarding streaming vob files over the network to your Momitsu DVD player. You suggested that with an uncompressed .vob file, you can't expect excellent quality, though maybe you were talking about over a wireless connection. I wanted to tell you that we use products that opperate over standard 100BaseT networks that can stream uncompressed video from one server to multiple clients simultaneously without any issues. The client boxes are based on the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200, and support wireless, but we only use them in hardwired applications. If you ever want to have a discussion on the show about A/V integration and high-end Hometheaters, let me know. There are a ton of cool products we can talk about, like Crestron, Escient, Imerge, ReQuest, Sonos, MediaMax, and the granddaddy of them all, Kaleidescape. I think it would be fun. Good show. I definitely heard the clicking. Sounds like my own keyboard, which is very close to what Thom posted.

http://focus.com.tw/images/jpg%20files/2001.jpg

I have only owned 2 keyboards since 1990, and they were both Focus “clicky” keyboards. The things are indestructable. The only reason I replaced the first one I bought was because it was getting a little grungy. It still worked fine.

Tony, I wanted to make a comment about something you said regarding streaming vob files over the network to your Momitsu DVD player. You suggested that with an uncompressed .vob file, you can’t expect excellent quality, though maybe you were talking about over a wireless connection. I wanted to tell you that we use products that opperate over standard 100BaseT networks that can stream uncompressed video from one server to multiple clients simultaneously without any issues. The client boxes are based on the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200, and support wireless, but we only use them in hardwired applications.

If you ever want to have a discussion on the show about A/V integration and high-end Hometheaters, let me know. There are a ton of cool products we can talk about, like Crestron, Escient, Imerge, ReQuest, Sonos, MediaMax, and the granddaddy of them all, Kaleidescape. I think it would be fun.

]]> By: Sean http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Sean Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:27:50 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-124 That's funny, I didnt hear anything :) That’s funny, I didnt hear anything :)

]]> By: Tony http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Tony Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:05:04 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-123 Gman, I tease you because I know we have similar taste when it comes to "artwork" ;) I used to have an old IBM keyboard -- loved it. Loud as heck but that thing handled more abuse and soda spillage than it rightly should have. My curent keyboard (Logitech 3100 -- part of a bundle came with an MX1000) was quiet as a mouse when I got it, but now it has the same ol' clickty clack -- I think it just has to do with the amount I use my computer. But yeah, I was IMing everyone as we were recording "whoever is typing STOP! too loud!" lol Gman, I tease you because I know we have similar taste when it comes to “artwork” ;) I used to have an old IBM keyboard — loved it. Loud as heck but that thing handled more abuse and soda spillage than it rightly should have. My curent keyboard (Logitech 3100 — part of a bundle came with an MX1000) was quiet as a mouse when I got it, but now it has the same ol’ clickty clack — I think it just has to do with the amount I use my computer. But yeah, I was IMing everyone as we were recording “whoever is typing STOP! too loud!” lol

]]> By: ThomW http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-122 ThomW Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:56:18 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-122 You didn't hear clicking? Wow. Shakka was typing and it was LOUD to me. I thought you'd go crazy. While we were doing the show I IM'd him to tell him to knock off the typing. lol You didn’t hear clicking? Wow.

Shakka was typing and it was LOUD to me. I thought you’d go crazy. While we were doing the show I IM’d him to tell him to knock off the typing. lol

]]> By: Gonger http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Gonger Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:55:38 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-121 I didnt hear any clicking on the show ... might be just things Thom does that irretates me. Although, Tony is climbing higher on lurq98....... sorry ... had to switch hands (cramp) higher on my list. I had a keyboard like the one Thom showed ... threw it out. Damn keys stuck all the time. Thom... I used the popup ext you listed (in ep9 i think) but got more popups than without it. Gonna try the coComment one next. G I didnt hear any clicking on the show … might be just things Thom does that irretates me. Although, Tony is climbing higher on lurq98……. sorry … had to switch hands (cramp) higher on my list.
I had a keyboard like the one Thom showed … threw it out. Damn keys stuck all the time.

Thom… I used the popup ext you listed (in ep9 i think) but got more popups than without it. Gonna try the coComment one next.

G

]]> By: ThomW http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-118 ThomW Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:34:33 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-118 We were talking about Ubuntu this week, and found this guide for new Ubuntu users that might come in handy covering: 1) Installing the lastest ATI Video Card Drivers 2) Installing the latest Nvidia Video Card Drivers 3) How to Mount Windows Partitions (NTFS/FAT32) 4) Installing New Version of Firefox (1.5 not 1.5.1) 5) Installing Azureus BitTorrent client 6) Reducing boot time in Breezy using InitNG 7) Setuping up a Wireless Connection (Desktop/Laptop) 8) Sharing Files Using Samba (Linux - Windows) 9) Setup Desktop/Eyecandy. Tips'n'Tricks 10) Installing Automatix http://flackos.blogspot.com/2006/02/10-guides-for-new-ubuntu-user.html We were talking about Ubuntu this week, and found this guide for new Ubuntu users that might come in handy covering:

1) Installing the lastest ATI Video Card Drivers
2) Installing the latest Nvidia Video Card Drivers
3) How to Mount Windows Partitions (NTFS/FAT32)
4) Installing New Version of Firefox (1.5 not 1.5.1)
5) Installing Azureus BitTorrent client
6) Reducing boot time in Breezy using InitNG
7) Setuping up a Wireless Connection (Desktop/Laptop)
8) Sharing Files Using Samba (Linux - Windows)
9) Setup Desktop/Eyecandy. Tips’n'Tricks
10) Installing Automatix

http://flackos.blogspot.com/2006/02/10-guides-for-new-ubuntu-user.html

]]> By: Tony http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Tony Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:32:23 +0000 http://uncompressed.org/2006/02/09/uncompressed-episode-13/#comment-116 Tyler, you should have some email waiting from me. Andy, the article can be found on our main page www.uncompressed.org under the "articles" section with the myriad of links on the right half of the page. Thoms article is more of an overview, but it hits all the main points -- some of which I obviously missed. :P Thanks for listening to the show dude! You, me, and your sis will have to go out for drinks one of these days. ;) Tyler, you should have some email waiting from me.

Andy, the article can be found on our main page http://www.uncompressed.org under the “articles” section with the myriad of links on the right half of the page. Thoms article is more of an overview, but it hits all the main points — some of which I obviously missed. :P Thanks for listening to the show dude! You, me, and your sis will have to go out for drinks one of these days. ;)

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