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Grant Sewell wrote:
Not sure, I've downloaded the firmware update and I'm having a look through it at the moment (well, looking at config files, or anything that is plaintext).On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:44:30 +0000 Rob Beard wrote:Hi folks, Just seen this on The Register... http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/05/review_media_player_hisense_1080p/It's a nice little MIPS based media player device for just over £60. According to the review it will play various different media types including OGG (no mention of OGG Theora video though).I've done a bit more digging and it appears it's Linux based. In fact there is a firmware update available which is a simple tar file. I'm wondering how if it's possible to cross-compile anything to run on this little box. It only has 16MB flash but it does have Ethernet and USB. Robit's Looks interesting. I wonder if the UI is Free, and if it is how easy it'd be to get it running on a higher spec machine. Grant.
It appears that the firmware is a general firmware which supports DVD playback (looks like it is used in DVD players) and DVB-T (so it is used in Freeview boxes).
I was looking to see if it had a samba client on there, not sure if it is, but I found a file called rtksmb but it appears to be a binary file.
I'm guessing that some of the settings are stored in flash on the device, I've found some readable configuration files, but my knowledge of cross-compiling for other CPUs is limited at best.
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