On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:37 -0300, Rob Shortt wrote: > Karl Lattimer wrote: > > Hi all, > > Hi, > > > > While we all love tinkering with freevo, as hackers do, and we love the > > excitement of getting some cool feature that Dischi or others have > > written, isn't it time that we all seriously looked at the commercial > > potential of FreeVo? > > Yes, and this is something I think a lot about, every single day. > > > > Let me draw your attention to this article; > > http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS6031471658.html > > > > It seems microsoft is really pushing the media centre PC product into > > our homes, now as a avid hater of all things evil and redmond I > > personally would never stoop so low as to use such a device, however > > making these systems this accessible is something that microsoft > > seriously has over the freevo project. > > Yes, they have lots of money and marketing power. We are just poor > hobbyists. :) Well, we have power in other areas.
Writing good software you mean?? > > > > Freevo 2.0 is going to give us a whole new system to tinker with, now > > this could just be an opportune time to say "well, what do we need to > > make freevo a commercially viable product?" > > Yes, Freevo 2.0 should put us closer to that goal but it needs much more > work. Besides the timeshifting thing we'd need to dumb-down the > configuration for consumer usability. IMO this is something that can't > be done until either: > > 1) Some company steps up and hires or sponsors Freevo developers. > > 2) Freevo developers make these features a priority - which isn't going > to happen until other loose ends are tied up. This will happen in due > time but maybe not soon enough to give Freevo a commercial advantage, or > maybe I'm just being paranoid. > > 3) Someone with a lot of spare time steps up and submits a bunch of > code. People have been chipping in, that's good, but there's a LOT of > work to be done in this area. A wishlist would be a start, if we could set up an application on the site like bugzilla which can track bugs/feature requests, then if we prioritised them and put them in some order i.e. this requires that, and also track suggestions to bugs providing suggestions to how something could be achieved, we may be able to track what freevo users want more effectively. > > > > Imagine if freevo had features like, a configuration front end and time > > shifting? How about refinements to things like the encoding server so we > > get a progress display. > > > > There are many other features which would be 'cool' for freevo, I > > remember hearing some noise on the list about multiple tuner scheduling > > in fv2.0. How about iconbar information regarding TV-Schedules > > (Now/Next) cycling through while you're deciding what to watch, > > Recording server activity or a freevo 'dashboard' style experience > > instead of an iconbar, (as per apple's tiger dashboard), allowing you to > > show/hide the dashboard when a movie is playing for things like email > > and alike. And of course, a miniview is a must have so you can still > > watch you're entertainment as you're using the interface. > > Ditto. > > > > These are only some ideas but it would be nice for freevo to be adopted > > by a company like apple for use with their hardware (imagine a mac mini > > freevo). Devices like microsofts media centre extender are easy for us > > to do because Linux is there in all its glory. > > We can certainly turn heads, thanks to everyone who has contributed to > this project. Maybe partnering with a big company is what Freevo needs > to get into the commercial market. > > Some of you may have noticed my new email address. That's because I'm > registering a business, because some way I know there's potential for > using Freevo commercially. I don't have any single business plan, no > capital, just a few bucks for a new webserver and some toys to hack on - > ALL in my spare time because I hold a full time job (you know, that puts > food on the table!). I have some plans for a website that should help > Freevo indirectly as well. It is a passion of mine and I'd love to make > it my actual profession so I'm setting myself up to pounce if an > opportunity comes around. :) If you want some help setting up I'll do what I can, I'm a proficient web designer so I can give it some moxy. > > > > Set top boxes are the future of PVR's, and we're already ahead of the > > game. > > Yes, the STB is key - there's lots of work to be done though. If we can > stay under the radar for a little while longer, when 2.0 is fine we > could be in a lot better position. MicroITX x86? PowerPC or ARM could be a solution, with a couple of hundred pounds maybe we could get a demo box/technology testbed put together and get a team along to the next consumer electronics show. Rgs Karl, > > -Rob > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > Rob Shortt | http://tvcentric.com | Freevo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://freevo.sf.net | Free your TV > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
