New to RTD,some basic questions

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i want to understand how things works

New to RTD,some basic questions

shacoshe 08 Feb 2011 23:20

hi
i am new to this section ,
i wanted to understand simple some technical stuff
i have a 1073DD hardware device
and i have written an application that i want to test on this device

i open the case , and there is no hdd there :)

my questions are :

1) dose supplied Linux (Linux Venus 2.6.12.6-VENUS)
provide a specific media-player that uses the hardware ,or i can use another one like mplayer ?
2) my application is java based(i need sun-java 6) ,is it possible to install it ?
3) do i need a special device to write over the ROM and place a fresh linux on it ?

can u help me to understand how thous devices works

thank you for your help

shay

Re: New to RTD,some basic questions

CiccioPets 09 Feb 2011 16:19

Hi

1) the Player App (the DvdPlayer executable) is strictly joined to the HW. You can find on the net
some resources, some libraries from Realtek but not the source code of it.
Look also to how use a toolchain to compile application for your CPU.

note: the flash memory where store something is very little, in other players
a trick is to use a link to a larger device (i.e. an HD) in your case without
external storage is very hard.

2) no, there isn't support to a java machine and the CPU power is too little

3) no ((!)) you can recreate your custom-made version of firmware and normally you
can flash it using a USB memory stick but…

You have to start with an original copy of the firmware, unsquash it, change (take care!)
some stuff, re-squash and test it.

Obviously, if you damage the loader or made wrong operation the risk of failure is high…

CP

p.s. check also on 1073 specific forum http://rtd1073.wikidot.com/

Re: New to RTD,some basic questions

shacoshe 09 Feb 2011 23:55

Thank you for your information .

i am embedding native mplayer in my java mediaCenter ,
maybe ill need to embed the realtek player into my application and not the mplayer .

about the java, i guess this is my main problem here
maybe ill need a stronger hardware to run swing
can u recommend me on one ?

i tried to install java on the linux , but i got some error that he cant handle the installation BIN file correctly
(complains about some characters and symbols that he cant handle )
is there other distribution of linux for small devices that will let me install java ?

i know popcorn MediaCenter run some java application .
sorry for asking this question , i am new to this mini hardware stuff
and i really want to see my mediacenter running

thank you allot

Re: New to RTD,some basic questions

CiccioPets 10 Feb 2011 10:05

the popcorn player is based on SIGMA cpu, I don't know the details
but is more powerful than the 1073

Remaining on Realtek architecture there is the 1282 and the 1283 that are newer

on http://www.mpcclub.com/forum you can find many info

CP

Re: New to RTD,some basic questions

shacoshe 10 Feb 2011 19:38

thank you