Re: MVP file extensions

["Rob West" <xplworld@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tony,

Have you seen the MVP message boards at http://www.shspvr.com/forum/?

There's lots of exciting stuff there (via links to their FTP server),
including a dongle.bin dated 7th December 2004. There
are also various messages about skins and newer versions of the server
software; maybe there are some new files available that could be harnessed
by xPLRioNet?

There's also a message there saying that the "latest" server
software will
transcode DivX on the fly. (I'm not sure about handling multiple units
though. I'm also uncertain of whether this means xPLRioNet would be able to
do it too!)

Regarding the scanner, my understanding is that the file extension doesn't
have anything to do with the codec used - e.g. you could have an MPEG2 file
called movie.avi or movie.mpg or movie.vob. Following this train of
thought,
is it feasible for the scanner to look at the header (assuming there is
one)
in each file in the video path to determine whether it is suitable - rather
than deciding on the basis of the file extension?

Rob.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Tofts" <tony@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] MVP file extensions


>
> Hi Rob,
>
> > I've been playing around with xPLRioNet and an MVP, but I was
> > surprised to find that only files with extension .mpg seem to
> > be visible.
>
> Currently xplrionet only does .mpeg/.mpg, others are to be added - but
> probably not divx due to the massive overheads of processing divx and
that
> xplrionet suports multiple mvps.
>
> The last time I read the hauppuage site they mentioned divx would
struggle,
> and they only have to handle a single mvp in their software
>
> Regards
> Tony



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