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Efika 5200B Project
Portable Media Playerin category Hardware
proposed by ChrisWhite on 31st January 2006 (accepted on 10th February 2006)
Project Summary
The idea here is to have a media player meant for playing personal videos (ie. not dvd's).This would require the following hardware:
1) Most likely an ATI graphics card, around 128MB - 256MB
2) The harddrive itself should be around 20-60GB
3) If possible, a battery power, if not just a standard supply. The battery power would enable it to be a tad smaller, and provide better portability.
4) A mini LCD screen, such as this: http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/52/products_id/193
For the software:
1) Something such as MyTV for playback
2) Utilization of the uClibc kernel/library for embedded use and faster load time
3) Support for USB Card Readers, and firewire. This will allow to extend the device for multiple storage solutions
Other possible additions:
1) Different case designs
2) http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/products_id/197
or similiar to support DVD playback
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