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Micro for Multi: Casting a Spell of Multimedia with Linux Micro-distros. by Bijon B Shaha

Micro for Multi: Casting a Spell of Multimedia with Linux Micro-distros. by Bijon B Shaha bbshaha@yahoo.com. Why Deducated Tiny Distros ? Tailoring to the requirements of target user groups Suited to lower hardware resources Freeing users from embarras de choix Lower development time

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Micro for Multi: Casting a Spell of Multimedia with Linux Micro-distros. by Bijon B Shaha

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  1. Micro for Multi: Casting a Spell of Multimedia with Linux Micro-distros. by Bijon B Shaha bbshaha@yahoo.com

  2. Why Deducated Tiny Distros ? • Tailoring to the requirements of target user groups • Suited to lower hardware resources • Freeing users from embarras de choix • Lower development time • Excellence by focussed attention • Lower booting time • Optimizing hardware with customized software • Learning potentials • Portability and ease of distribution

  3. Linux Tiny-distros • Freedom from agony of restricted licensing • Availability of source codes • Talented developers willing to network • Winning spirit needed in development teams • Users willing to provide valuable feedback • Recognition • Demand for excellent dedicated distros

  4. Dedicated Linux Tiny Distros: Typical Applications • Demonstration (distro/application ) • Communication Media • Clustering • Rescue disks • Portability and readiness for instantaneous use • Firewalling • Virus scanning and removal • Mediaplay • General computing • Hardware testing

  5. Media • Conventional Hard-disk • Live on Removable Media • CD / DVD • BBC • USB-pen • Floppy • etc • RAM-disk (loaded from removable media )

  6. Demand for Linux Multimedia RAM-disk Distros • In Conventional Live-on-CDs, the CD drive is not free. • Enhanced performance and speed of response. • Linux is fun and multimedia is one of its conduits • New avenue of creativity • Convenience and choice to the users • To attract young people with something other commercial OS cannot offer

  7. Typical Constituents of These Tiny Distros linux kernel : the heart of the system busybox: the system binaries mplayer : to play movies and music fbi : Framebuffer image-viewer alsa : audio-card drivers syslinux : to make the CD bootable X : optional for GUI

  8. Interface Varieties Target users: • Technicaly oriented • Laymen

  9. Project created by Roberto de Leo http://movix.sourceforge.net

  10. Three Choices eMoviX: a micro distro meant to be embedded in a CD together with video/audio files . MoviX: a mini CD Linux distro able to boot directly from CD and load in RAM a console interface to MPlayer. MoviX2:same as MoviX, but it makes use of X and the nice MPlayer GUI.

  11. Capabilities It can play: DVDs, VCDs, audio/video files Audio CD, internet radios, TV, you name it! It can boot from: CD, HD, USB pen, CF card and from the net.

  12. Supported formats All formats supported by MPlayer, • Most remarkably DivX and XviD and • Generally AVI, MPG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, OGG/VORBIS and a few others.

  13. Hardware Requirement • A computer P-2 400 Mhz or better with monitor and sound card • RAM at least 96 MB • A CD or DVD reader Hard-disk is not necessary

  14. Project of Auriel Jacobs http://www.geexbox.org/en/index.html

  15. What is GeeXboX ? “The GeeXboX is no more than an awesome standalone media player.” - Auriel Jacobs, the develper Why such a name ? Well, its main purpose is to play DivX movies and, as everybody usually calls this kind of projects DivX boxes, we have just prepended a "GeeX", cause that's for the geeks you all are ;-)

  16. Boot using LPP (Linux Progress Patch) Boot Themes

  17. GeeXboX Themes Classic Aqua Movies

  18. HW Requirements * Pentium-Class CPU or above (P2-400 typically) * a VESA 2.0 compliant graphics card. * an ALSA compatible sound card. * at least64 MB of RAM * CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

  19. A Screenshot

  20. ( William's Own Media Player ) A Project of William Danau http://womp.sourceforge.net

  21. WOMP Features • 13 to 30 MB CD depending on selected options • 64 to 256 MB RAM depending on selected options • Plays a wide range of multimedia files • Uses FrameBuffer for playing videos and X for GUI • Hardware acceleration by vidix. • (nearly all ATI and Matrox cards, also NVidia in last release) • Even without acceleration satisfactory performance with recent processors.

  22. http://byzgl.sourceforge.net

  23. ByzantineOS “ByzantineOS is a software Internet Appliance with a home entertainment bias. “ Mozilla provides desktop environment and access to a range of services and applications. ByzantineOS fits in 32MB (or 48MB) of media and should work on any PC.

  24. ByzantineOS Features • X with Mozilla as Desktop Environment • XMMS for MP3 and OGG files • Mplayer for VCD and DVD • Needs a diskless Pentium grade computer with - NIC (Network Interface Card) or MODEM - CD-ROM drive (or DVD drive to play DVD-disks!) - RAM (128 MB minimum for full graphics) - VESA 2.0 compliant graphic card

  25. Common & Distinguishing Features

  26. Some Common Features • Syslinux for booting • Console slideshow based on framebuffer imageviewer • Numerous media formats played through mplayer • Distros run entirely from Ramdiscs • Supermounting CDROM for accessing files • Small size • Built-in Networking capability • Automatic mounting of harddisc partitions • Use of popular embedded linux components like busybox • User configuration tools and guidance • Non-commercial nature

  27. Some Features That Distinguish One From Another • Use or non-use of X • Virtual terminals available to the user • Imaginative user interfaces ( Movix, Womp, Byzantine, Geexbox etc) • Console mouse support (Movix) • User configurability and tools • Size (varing from 5 to 50 MB) • Feature options within a same distro (3 in MoviX) • Hardware support (includig TV out for Video and TV card support ) • Experimentation and customization (common packages) • Mixers for optimized acoustic performance

  28. Concluding Remarks There are exciting possibilities when distros develop, not based on corporate agenda and commercial motives. Open-nature of Linux encourages participation and dynamism, foolproof gurantees against stagnation. Synergy is realised when resources, talents and imagination are given the full freedom. Competition and the process of natural selection brings the best products to the users. Linux and Multimedia are made for each other !

  29. Acknowledgement The information on the respective tiny distros in this presentation is based upon the material from their respective websites.

  30. Thank You

  31. Demonstration

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