Annoucing mvpcx2 for the Syabas NMT

[UncleJohnsBand]

UJB, the short answer is right now mvpmcx2 provides a lot of the emulation mode functionality that is in mvpmc with the advantage that it is noticably faster and plays most supported HD media and digital video captures with ease. Unlike the mvp the firmware is also being improved signficantly to address shortcomings.

The future really depends on how far sub want to take this and what cooperation we get from Syabas. sub may wish to add to this and I will see if I can get Syabas to add there own comments.

Martin

I'd have to say it works pretty well. It gives you the same UI as you're used to with the MVP, but much quicker when navigating around. When you play video files it hands over to the NMT's native playback functions, which does a good job of playing all sorts of files, including highdef MPEG2 / H264 etc.

There are some limitations around live tv at this stage (having to stop to change channels), but hopefully these will be overcome with a bit of cooperation from manufacturer.

A damn good start though.

Thanks guys......PCH is a definite purchase item for me as soon as I get my invite.... T-7 weeks and counting..... I guess I'll just have to sit back and watch things continue to mature and improve.

[blackpaw]

Hi Martin,

looks interesting. Just from a quick browse of the popcorn site I gain the impression they have an open api and are keen on people writing addon's. Are you finding it a straightforward process? documented? flexible api?

[mvallevand]

Hi Martin,

looks interesting. Just from a quick browse of the popcorn site I gain the impression they have an open api and are keen on people writing addon's. Are you finding it a straightforward process? documented? flexible api?

Not really any of the above. mvpmcx2 is really just some good educated guessing right now with the good fortune of having the well tested emulation mode code to use. I think sub challenged me one day without realising it when he said he could be fast.

I'm just lucky I can link with all the Syabas binaries and they haven't changed too many of the DirectFB defaults or there would be nothing to show. That being said the MediaMVP wasn't any different in the beginning.

Martin

[blackpaw]

Not really any of the above.

Bummer

[UncleJohnsBand]

Martin.....I just wanted to check....is this clip an example of what is being worked on to integrate the PCH to work with GBPVR? It seems to be very fast indeed if that is what this is.

[mvallevand]

Martin.....I just wanted to check....is this clip an example of what is being worked on to integrate the PCH to work with GBPVR? It seems to be very fast indeed if that is what this is.

Yes, that's a clip I captured to show how it integrates into the NMT software. I still haven't documented that final piece of adding it into Web Services.

Martin

[jjakober]

What is the difference between Syabas NMT and PCH? I have googled both of them and they are from different companys, but it seems people keep interchanging them in these discussions. Are they the same thing, just with different names?

Thanks

[jjakober]

Thay are the same thing!! Just figured it out.

[sub]

Martin.....I just wanted to check....is this clip an example of what is being worked on to integrate the PCH to work with GBPVR? It seems to be very fast indeed if that is what this is.

To give you a feel for how fast the UI can be, you can take a look at http://www.gbpvr.com/pch.avi. Its a 3.5MB AVI file, recorded from my PCH, which shows me hold down a navigation key in the TV Guide.

[mvallevand]

Thay are the same thing!! Just figured it out.

Actually the are not. Syabas make the NMT platform which a suite of applications that runs on SigmaDesign EM863435-based Linux platform. At least six companies have hardware that runs the NMT but they all seem to be different versions and have different hardware configurations. No doubt Sigma and Syabas have something to do with the hardware specs too.

Popcorn Hour is the device I have and the one I test on. It remains to be seen how other units will work with mvpmcx2 or even if I will be able to support them.

Martin