RE: Finally gave in to the epods bug.

["Henderson, Darren" <Darren.Henderson@xxxxxxx>]

I think you may have a problem here, On the I-Appliance board they talk
about the Video capabilities being very poor, nowhere near as fast as the
IPAQ, i.e.more like 5 FPS ?

I hope this isn't the case, but even if it is It's still going to be very
useful.

Darren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 January 2001 10:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Finally gave in to the epods bug.
>
>
> --- Timothy Morris <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You can certainly do it on the iPAQ, so it should be possible on
the
> > epod. There is a technology preview of the new Windows media
player
> over at PocketPC.com which allows streaming media from the
> web. I'm not
> sure if it will work with CE v2 though.
>
> I hope so.
>
> This epod will be living in the kitchen primarily, mounted to a handy
> bit of wall, as a home AV control/ recipe display/ email
> checker/shoppping list maker/ etc etc.
>
> I added speakers in the kitchen which usually play the front
> channel of
> the main AV setup in the living room (which is adjacent) so that
> whoever is in the kitchen making tea/whatever can still listen to the
> ongoing Tv program. It means you can still have a cup of tea whilst
> watching Buffy and not miss too much.
>
> Now, if I take the video stream, and capture it on the TV Pc, which is
> used as a Tivo Type idea, and stream the result to the Win2K Media
> Services Server, and hence on to the Epod, then you should have
> >enough< of an idea of whats happening to follow the show. Of
course,
> no-onw is going to sit and watch a TV prgram on an epod sized screen
> when there's a 33" screen in the next room, but it would be
enough.
>
> I suppose you could also use it to check up on the security cams  frmo
> the kitchen, see who is at the fornt door....
>
> I hope I get one in this batch :)
>
> Ian.
>
>
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