New project: VP882 as lounge hifi.
I finally got around to digging a VP882 I have. The VP882
was IndigoVision's most powerful MPEG4 codec at the time I
left in 2005. Today I want to use it for the following
purposes:
- My disc server is hidden in a room where it can be as
noisy as it likes to be. I want the silent VP882 to be
able to access my MP3/OGG collection and play it in the
lounge. Bonus points for getting a nice interface like
that of mpd.
- Connect a camera to the VP882 and do at least
picture
capture, at best video streaming, probably using
VLC, to
have a cat-checking Web cam type thing.
- Run all the servers from the VP882 so
no-one can attack
me using x86-based exploits. Ok that's not
possible, the
VP882 won't be enough to serve anything more
than plain
files.
Unfortunately I won't be able to use the
MPEG4 encode
hardware, as I'd have to speak VBTP or
something for that to
work, and those protocols are Indigo
property. Oh well.
After playing around, I'll be damned: I'll have to build
a cross-gcc toolchain to recompile the kernel so I can have
loopback interfaces so I can have NFS swap so I can natively
compile (and do actual work).
I'll be back in a week I guess :/