neuros-related stories
Posted May 29th 2008 1:02PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware, Software
Videolan's
VLC is a cross-platform media player that works on Mac, Linux, and Windows computers. And pretty soon, it could run on the open-source
Neuros OSD set top box.
Neuros and
M2X are working to port the media player to version of Linux used on the set top box. This is significant because VLC never met a media format it didn't like. OK, that's probably not 100% true, but VLC can handle almost any audio or video codec you can throw at it, including MPEG 1/2/4, DiVX, XViD, WMV, MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, WAV, FLV, AAC and DVD files. RealAudio and RealVideo are not currently supported.
The port will be based on VLC 0.8.6g, which is the latest stable version of the application, but will include a few additional bug fixes. VLC integration should be complete during the third quarter of 2008.
[via
Slashdot]
Posted Nov 30th 2007 5:57PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware, TiVo
The folks over at
Neuros and
DVR Upgrade have an interesting way of adding new features to their flash memory-based MPEG-4 recorder. They decide what features it would be really cool to see and ask the open source hacker community to help them build those features into the device.
Neuros's latest challenge: synchronize recordings
between a TiVo and a Neuros OSD recorder. The end result would be pretty cool. Ideally, what would happen is that you'll be able to schedule a recording on your TiVo, and you'll automatically record that program on both your TiVo and your Neuros OSD. That means you'll have a high quality video waiting for you to watch on your TV set using your TiVo, and a lower quality, smaller sized video sitting on a flash card for watching on the go on your iPod, PDA, or other portable media device.
Neuros is putting up $3500 in prize money for this challenge. That bounty is divided into two parts: $1000 for anyone who figures out how to make this work using TiVo's online scheduling capability, while $2500 goes to anyone who can figure out a more direct method using a hacked TiVo running
TiVoWebPlus.
[via
Dave Zatz]
Posted Sep 11th 2007 3:41PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware
Who needs a hard drive? Prolink has announced a tiny new PVR that will record directly to a flash drive. That way you can watch recorded television shows on your TV or portable device.
It's
hardly a
new concept, but it's
been a while since we've seen anyone come out with a new flash card-based PVR. In the meantime, flash cards have gotten both larger and cheaper.
Continue reading Prolink announces flash card-based PVR
Posted Aug 22nd 2007 5:55PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware
According to an
anonymous Engadget tipster, the
Neuros OSD might not be the only thing cooking over at
Neuros HQ.
The company is reportedly conducting surveys and asking participants to comment on several potential products. It's not at all clear to me that these are real products and not just mockups meant to gauge user intererest. But they're still kind of fun to contemplate.
First up is the Neuros TV Unfiltered. This device would let you watch "unfiltered" video related to the day's news. Watch the latest nightly newscast or celebrity gossip show, and then go click a button to see complete interviews, speeches, or unedited footage of some starlet or other hitting a camera operator with her purse. Presumably the video would be streamed or downloaded from online video sites.
Another person who claims to have taken a Neuros survey says there's a similar box planned for music lovers. It's not clear exactly what that means, but perhaps you could get live performances of songs, interviews with artists, and the like.
Or perhaps this is all just market research as Neuros tries to decide what features to add to its next product.
Posted Jul 13th 2007 1:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware, Software
After months as sort of a hacker's dream,
Neuros is ready to push the
Neuros OSD multimedia hub/recorder to the general public. The Linux-based device is sort of a cross between an
AppleTV,
TiVo, and the company's older
MPEG-4 recorder.
It's questionable whether this jack-of-all-trades masters any feature better than its competitors. But since it's open source, new features and refinements are coming online all the time. For example, Neuros recently added
YouTube browsing and viewing to the OSD. It's currently considered a beta feature, but Neuros hopes to drop the beta label within a few weeks.
More photos and features after the jump.
Continue reading A quick look at the Neuros OSD
Posted Jun 27th 2007 6:58PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware, Software
Who wants to spend their time and energy
hacking the AppleTV when you could finagle with the open-source (hacking encouraged)
Neuros OSD? Turns out, a lot of people. But that's beside the point.
The Neuros OSD is an
open-source PVR that's capable of accessing online media like music, movies, and pictures. It records directly onto removable flash cards, making it an ideal choice for commuters who like to watch recorded TV on the train using a portable media player.
Thanks to the miracles of the modern hacking community, Neuros has just announced a new beta update for the OSD that a
dds YouTube browsing to the device. You can browse YouTube by categories and ratings, or you can perform keyword searches. A future release will add sharing, subscriptions, and other features.
[via
Boing Boing]
Posted Apr 13th 2007 11:09PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
(S01E01) So, you watched the premiere episode of Painkiller Jane, didn't you? Curiosity struck you even after reading my less-than-glowing review of the show, didn't it? Well, good for you! Just because I wasn't enamored with the program doesn't mean my opinion is gospel. Everyone has free will in this society and should be able to decide whether a show is good or not.
So, did you dislike Painkiller Jane as much as I did? No? Well, you must be from another planet to like something like that! How dare you not think what I think! Oh, wait, that rant voids what I said in the first paragraph. Um, never mind.
Seriously, I didn't like the show just because the acting was bad and the writing the was poor (even though the writing was poor and the acting was bad). What turned me off to this show as soon as the first scene showed up on my television screen was that this type of show has been done over, and over, and over. Let's see if this sounds familiar to you: tough-as-nails law enforcement agent obtains remarkable powers and laments over the freak that she is rather than using those powers to fight evil. Let's count on our fingers how many times that's been done. You may need your toes, too, because this has been done a lot.
Continue reading Painkiller Jane: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Mar 11th 2007 1:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Animation, Sci Fi
Painkiller Jane, SciFi's new series based on the comic by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada, will premiere April 13 at 10:00 p.m. The series will focus on the titular character (played by Kristanna Loken) a woman who can regenerate from any injury, but still feels pain. She hunts Neuros, humans with super-mental powers, for a secret agency.
Continue reading Painkiller Jane premieres April 13
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