A-400 with Sigma8911 and VXP processing

[werner]

it has control4, it has already everything documented inside the flash api sdk, it has the NMJ Navigator

[werner]

forget to answer your second question, no to 200 series, TBA for 300 series

(09-01-2012 10:10 PM)plm Wrote:  Are you going to document the ethernet control interface properly then so we can interface it to our automation systems if we don't want to use your app and want consistency across our players? And are you going to extend your app to control 200 and 300 series players too, so there's consistency from that angle as well?

[grizzly666]

(09-01-2012 10:08 PM)werner Wrote:  why not use an Ipad or Android Tablet? Using a normal Remote is so year 2000

Sure as soon as you point me in the direction where i can find an ipad,android tablet with BUTTONS i have tried using phones and a couple of remotes with touch screens as a remote.
And they all have one small thing thats nagging me that is they are absolutely useless as a remote i rather use a full size keybord then a touch screen for a remote.

And i can't agree more to ditch the 30+ years old ir or atleast add RF so we can hide the damn thing so we can't here the hd.

Here is a translate link for the http://www.httv.co.il/article03914 page.
That has some good info (and maybe some bad).

I'm a bit worried abput this part in there.

Quote:Analog model - A-400 can put a little pressure with a series of all the company's successful 200 due to the pressure that development for the series who have stopped. TL stated that no new features will be a series of the 200, but her development is not stopped. The following firmware which will be a series, contain only bug fixes and improved stability. On the interface Flash presented a series of the 300 and was supposed to reach a series of the 200 and has not yet reached, it is not forgotten, the company has integrated the new interface over a series of the 200, but working with Flash interface takes resources from the processor series - 200 , which makes the performance very slow user interface, which was not acceptable to the company and as long as they're not going to improve this behavior, Flash Interface series will not be the 200.

(09-01-2012 10:20 PM)werner Wrote:  forget to answer your second question, no to 200 series, TBA for 300 series

And this does almost sounds like a confirmation that the c-200 is out in the cold and no flashgui?
Especially when combined with the text from httv.

Then there are this

Quote:At that price i would be very surprised if vxp processing is fully enabled given the price sigma typically charges for vxp processing. If that price is actually true with full vxp processing not nerfed , that will be a great deal and usher in a new price point for expensive processing.

from this tread http://www.avsforum.com/t/1427124/popcor...1-with-vxp

Any comment on that Werner? do the 8910/11 series use all the vxp capabilities or is there any nerfing done?

[plm]

(09-01-2012 10:14 PM)werner Wrote:  it has control4, it has already everything documented inside the flash api sdk, it has the NMJ Navigator

Sounds good. What I meant though was the basic regular remote control over IP protocol. If I get one of these I'm not going to be using NMJ as I want the consistency of Eversion for all my players, so I need to remote control that, which means being able to use the remote control over IP in lieu of an IR control jack, take the unit in and out of standby, etc.

I need a unified interface to all my players, and there's no way I'm chucking out my C200s yet until this has proven itself, especially with Sigma's poor track record of delivering timely bug fixes to you guys. At least the 200s (unlike the 300s at the moment) can actually pass unadulterated 1080p content so this has yet to win me over, despite how promising it looks. And I will admit that it looks really promising.

Any thoughts on a large case if there's going to be no C series? Is there more than one HDD connector on the motherboard?

[accident]

(09-01-2012 10:10 PM)plm Wrote:  Are you going to document the ethernet control interface properly then so we can interface it to our automation systems if we don't want to use your app and want consistency across our players? And are you going to extend your app to control 200 and 300 series players too, so there's consistency from that angle as well?

umm, there is already a whole website dedicated to that.. developer.popbox.com

People have made drivers for C4 and other units using the docs.

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(09-01-2012 10:20 PM)werner Wrote:  forget to answer your second question, no to 200 series, TBA for 300 series

(09-01-2012 10:10 PM)plm Wrote:  Are you going to document the ethernet control interface properly then so we can interface it to our automation systems if we don't want to use your app and want consistency across our players? And are you going to extend your app to control 200 and 300 series players too, so there's consistency from that angle as well?

Just to clarify, is it no to 200 series until the updated nmjv2 api module is in or not at all? Can you also clarify the article posted where the ceo is talking about performance and it will not come if it can't perform right. I can't tell if it was google translating the statement that made it sound like a setup that the 200 will never get the new ui. Seems a shame to not put an a400 into the main tv room and move your 200s to the bedrooms to enjoy the same experience albeit slower.

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(09-01-2012 10:41 PM)plm Wrote:  

(09-01-2012 10:14 PM)werner Wrote:  it has control4, it has already everything documented inside the flash api sdk, it has the NMJ Navigator

Sounds good. What I meant though was the basic regular remote control over IP protocol. If I get one of these I'm not going to be using NMJ as I want the consistency of Eversion for all my players, so I need to remote control that, which means being able to use the remote control over IP in lieu of an IR control jack, take the unit in and out of standby, etc.

I guess a non-nmj remote is on topic.. look at iskin, it's what you want right now with yamj backend. There's a similar skin for oversight users that use eversion for the flash interface on the tv. Although this player has enough balls that many new options might be possible here. my mind is racing with ideas that I gave up on the embedded hardware ever being able to pull off.

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(09-01-2012 06:51 PM)plm Wrote:  I can't help wondering if they're abandoning full BD playback

My understanding is in order to get bluray licensing you needed to not play non-optical media. So you could make a bluray player or a media player but not a unit that does both. Makes sense that the A model comes out first if that's a legality being dealt with. Perhaps like the a200 it's something that might "accidently" change in the future.

It would be an intersting discussion, does this chipset actually need to support cinavia? It's technically pre-cutoff date even though it's not starting to appear in hardware until now. Perhaps the fancy bluray certification changed for this situation. Of course, perhaps it's just to play nice with studios who might take an interest in a studio quality internet content device.

[drg]

(08-31-2012 08:24 PM)nPiotr Wrote:  If only Sigma8911 supported 10bit H.264 files...

If only. Might have actually been worth considering.

(08-31-2012 08:35 PM)halfelite Wrote:  

(08-31-2012 08:24 PM)nPiotr Wrote:  If only Sigma8911 supported 10bit H.264 files...

10bit will fizzle out and h265 will take its place i bet.

It would be the natural progression of things, yes, but it doesn't really change a thing. It'll be quite a while till we're going to see H.265 files, and once we do, media players will need to support these. Right now, if you predominantly do watch Anime, what you'd want is a player that supports Hi10P, and that's irrespective of any future developments.

[plm]

Werner

Another couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. Can the A-400 decode a pure TrueHD audio track in an MKV file (therefore with no Dolby Digital core available as part of the track), or can it only pass these through?

Does the film cadence detection work automatically, so it will detect that a movie on an NTSC DVD is from a 24fps source and remove the pulldown to get a 24p output, yet will leave an NTSC TV show running at 30fps?

[accident]

you might want to use the official thread werner started for a400 discussion. he's been answering in there.

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...?tid=62791

[plm]

Thanks, hadn't seen that thread. I'm liking the potential of this box a lot already.

[chris57]

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...?tid=62790