VLC Hits the Device Market

JoeBorn writes "VideoLAN has long been known as a mature open source project for video playback and transcoding on the PC. Now, Neuros and Texas Instruments have sponsored a port of VLC to their next generation open set-top box. The idea is to allow developers to easily create interesting plug-ins for recording and transcoding applications for the set-top box which will automate functions previously requiring a PC, like formating recordings for a portable player or streaming to another device on the LAN or the Internet, etc."

Everybody now!

[GigaHurtsMyRobot]

Everybody needs a little Vendor Loving Care.

Re:subtitles

[Anonymous Coward]

To quote Eclipse:

"What about VLC?

No. Just... no."

CCCP?

[Vectronic]

Damnit, another cold war?

Re:Like Tivo Hijacked Linux?

[TheRealMindChild]

Hijacked? Talk about sour. The GPL(v2) was about sharing changes. Its nature was NOT about keeping people from making money or keeping them from locking down the hardware that it ran on. What it comes down to is you (general) opted for the shitty men's room style toilet paper and you are bitching your ass hurts from wiping.

Re:CCCP?

[Stormwatch]

In Soviet Russia, subtitles read YOU!!

Re:VLC is lacking (at least) one important feature

[Anonymous Coward]

Who the hell rar's videos/torrents except newbs?