Topic: Anyone try to get VLC running on Chumby?

Curious if at some point, we'd be able to stream video and just use VLC to play the vid.

Re: Anyone try to get VLC running on Chumby?

Would the Chumby's processor be strong enough to run VLC?

Chumby birthdate: 10/11/07

Re: Anyone try to get VLC running on Chumby?

Probably not - while there are devices in this range that support video (like, for instance, the iPod), they all have dedicated special-purpose coprocessors or DSPs to do the decoding.

There is an H.263 decoder core in the iMX21 we're using, but unfortunately it's not documented by the chip vendor, because they, in turn, licensed it from a third-party.  My understanding is that it's *very* sensitive to the encoding of the video - not just *any* H.263 video will decode.