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Hi there,<br>
the NMM team is happy to announce the second Beta version of NMM-Oppix,
a Live-CD based on Knoppix Version 3.7. NMM is fully configured, so
that all applications like our Multimedia-Box can be
started without additional configuration steps.<br>
<br>
This release includes a minor bugfix for playback a pre-recorded TV
stream at a constant frame rate. <br>
<br>
Currently, NMM-Oppix provides the following features:
<ul>
<li>Includes latest NMM version (0.8.0).</li>
<li>Includes the complete <a
href="http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/NMM/Docs/index.html">documentation</a>
about NMM.</li>
<li>Full desktop integration. All important NMM applications, like
the <a href="http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/NMM/Status/MMBox/index.html">Multimedia-Box</a>
can easily be started via icons.</li>
<li>Includes several media files to test and demonstrate a
sophisticated multimedia environment without disturbing the used PC.</li>
<li>Demonstrate the network capabilities of NMM, like network
transparent audio/video playback (requires a DHCP and a DNS server!) </li>
<li>Complete installed and configured <a
href="http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/NMM/Status/MMBox/index.html">Multimedia-Box</a>.
No additional configuration steps are required to start it. Currently,
the following features of the Multimedia-Box can be used:</li>
<ul>
<li> Configuration dialog </li>
<li> Customizable on-screen display (skinning) </li>
<li> MP3 Playback: play back of MP3 files using the MP3 state. </li>
<li> Play-list: creation of play lists with all supported media
types.</li>
<li> Multi-tasking: watch a video while transcoding mp3's. </li>
<li> CD Playback with CDDB support if a second CD rom drive is
available.</li>
<li> CD-Grabber and transcoding to MP3/OggVorbis</li>
<li>DVD Playback if a second DVD rom drive is available
(Encrypted DVD's can not be played back!). </li>
<li> Simulated TV (using a pre-recorded TV stream) plus
time-shifting. <b>Please note, that KNOPPIX and NMM-Oppix currently
don't support dvb cards or tv cards with integrated MPEG2 encoder!</b> </li>
<li> EPG: Receive epg information via XMLTV (<b>Experimental!</b>).
</li>
<li> Transcoding of arbitrary media files. Transcoded files are
stored under "/home/knoppix/Media/Transcoding". </li>
</ul>
<li> <i>clic</i>, an application for setting up distributed
multimedia flow graphs from a high-level specification or a URL. </li>
</ul>
For more information see: <a
href="http://www.networkmultimedia.org/Status/NMM-Oppix/index.html">http://www.networkmultimedia.org/Status/NMM-Oppix/index.html</a><br>
Download: <a
href="http://www.networkmultimedia.org/Status/NMM-Oppix/index.html#download">http://www.networkmultimedia.org/Status/NMM-Oppix/index.html#download</a><br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
Michael <br>
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