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--- Daniel James  wrote:

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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)?

>

> 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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