26 Aug
2003
26 Aug
'03
3:19 p.m.
--- Daniel James <daniel(a)mondodesigno.com> wrote:
My mistake, it's a Pioneer PRV-LX1 unit, not a Yamaha:
http://www.burningbits.com/artman/publish/article_3.shtml
I think I got confused because Yamaha recently bought a stake in a
Linux firm (Monta Vista) and they were talking about building pro
multimedia products, but I don't think theirs have launched yet.
Sorry about that! On the plus side, this article does confirm that
the
unit has XLR inputs and is software upgradable.
Thanks, Daniel. It says it "employs a Linux-based operating system", I
wonder if that means the code itself will be made available somewhere.
The $4K pricetag is a bit high, so let's hope there are other options
soon.
In the studio I work in, we do DVD-A authoring under another OS with a
standard $300 4x Pioneer DVD-R/RW and have done up to 8 channels of
24/96 using something called Meridian Lossless Packing
(http://www.ambisonic.net/mlp.html). The software is rather spendy,
but nothing near $4K.
This is _the last_ thing we need any other OS for in our studio, and I
would love to see linux able to support something like this
functionality.
Kevin
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There is a Yamaha standalone pro DVD recorder which is
Linux
based. It
has XLR audio inputs. I assume it can do DVD Audio and SACD as
well as your regular DVD video - if not, it might be just a
question of a firmware upgrade.
Can you offer any more details on this device (where to check out
the specs, etc)?