Comments for Simon's Blog http://www.psynixis.com/blog Simon Brocklehurst's Technology Blog Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:33:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Xbox 360 Video Streaming – Good, Bad & Fugly by Salil http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2007/11/05/xbox-360-video-streaming-good-bad-fugly/comment-page-1/#comment-906108 Salil Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:33:27 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2007/11/05/xbox-360-video-streaming-good-bad-fugly/#comment-906108 I've been using my Xbox in conjunction with PlayOn.tv for a few weeks, and absolutely loving that. However, I was curious about just what the upper limits of streaming was for this thing, and how I could practically resolve issues locally on my network. I'm using 100Mbit wired ethernet (on a gigabit switch, though...not sure if that might be an issue). I downloaded a full 1080p torrent of a movie in Matroska format, and tried to stream that from the Xbox using the PlayOn media plugin (beta). It loaded and began to play, but the stream was very jittery, and the Xbox would have to keep rebuffering the file. I don't think my server's hard drive is the bottle neck (SATA II, 7200 rpm, decently fast read speeds). It would seem that regular fast ethernet would be fine for streaming the file. I’ve been using my Xbox in conjunction with PlayOn.tv for a few weeks, and absolutely loving that.

However, I was curious about just what the upper limits of streaming was for this thing, and how I could practically resolve issues locally on my network. I’m using 100Mbit wired ethernet (on a gigabit switch, though…not sure if that might be an issue).

I downloaded a full 1080p torrent of a movie in Matroska format, and tried to stream that from the Xbox using the PlayOn media plugin (beta). It loaded and began to play, but the stream was very jittery, and the Xbox would have to keep rebuffering the file.

I don’t think my server’s hard drive is the bottle neck (SATA II, 7200 rpm, decently fast read speeds). It would seem that regular fast ethernet would be fine for streaming the file.

]]> Comment on Testing JavaFX Applet Deployment by Alan http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/04/testing-javafx-applet-deployment/comment-page-4/#comment-903999 Alan Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:35:23 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1109#comment-903999 Doesn't work for me. MacOS X 10.6.2 Google Chrome 4.0.249.49 (35163) beta Error reported: The application uses Java, but Java is not supported by your system. Use a computer with another operating system to view this applicaiton. (sic) (Does work with Safari and Firefox) Doesn’t work for me.
MacOS X 10.6.2
Google Chrome 4.0.249.49 (35163) beta
Error reported:
The application uses Java, but Java is not supported by your system. Use a computer with another operating system to view this applicaiton. (sic)
(Does work with Safari and Firefox)

]]> Comment on Testing JavaFX Applet Deployment by Alan http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/04/testing-javafx-applet-deployment/comment-page-4/#comment-903994 Alan Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:21:42 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1109#comment-903994 Works for me Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Firefox 3.5.7 Works for me Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Firefox 3.5.7

]]> Comment on Testing JavaFX Applet Deployment by stevpan http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/04/testing-javafx-applet-deployment/comment-page-4/#comment-902507 stevpan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:28:11 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1109#comment-902507 Could anyone file a bugreport about the rendering artifacts while scrolling? Could anyone file a bugreport about the rendering artifacts while scrolling?

]]> Comment on JavaFX Applets – Current State Of Play And Next Steps by Ken Warner http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/08/javafx-applets-%e2%80%93-current-state-of-play-and-next-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-901564 Ken Warner Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:31:34 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1152#comment-901564 Here's a clue -- Java is dead! Here’s a clue –

Java is dead!

]]> Comment on New Programming Languages For iPhone Development by richman0829 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/01/14/new-programming-languages-for-iphone-development/comment-page-1/#comment-901128 richman0829 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:47:06 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=764#comment-901128 In re: Asam Bashir's comment:... "it’s a huge success already, and for the time being Apple doesn’t need to do anything right now. Lots of others are copying the App Store, so Apple should hold on to its secrets." I've owned Apples since 1978, and I love them dearly; but from a business standpoint, they shoot themselves in the foot by not loosening up. Microsoft copies the GUI, licenses it, and gets huge market share - which ends up hurting Apple buyers indirectly. Now it seems Obj-C by its very exclusivity will hurt Apple developers as well. The question, perhaps, is whether working in Obj-C is an affordable cost of doing business. In re: Asam Bashir’s comment:… “it’s a huge success already, and for the time being Apple doesn’t need to do anything right now. Lots of others are copying the App Store, so Apple should hold on to its secrets.”

I’ve owned Apples since 1978, and I love them dearly; but from a business standpoint, they shoot themselves in the foot by not loosening up. Microsoft copies the GUI, licenses it, and gets huge market share – which ends up hurting Apple buyers indirectly. Now it seems Obj-C by its very exclusivity will hurt Apple developers as well. The question, perhaps, is whether working in Obj-C is an affordable cost of doing business.

]]> Comment on Who Said No-One Was Interested In JavaFX?! by suvi http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/12/04/who-said-no-one-was-interested-in-javafx/comment-page-1/#comment-901089 suvi Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:47:59 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=721#comment-901089 Sun has definitly some work to do. Escpecially for deployin on mac os and linux. A javafx application should just start out of the as a java app does. This is not the case for the moment, hope soon it will be. Sun has definitly some work to do. Escpecially for deployin on mac os and linux. A javafx application should just start out of the as a java app does. This is not the case for the moment, hope soon it will be.

]]> Comment on Testing JavaFX Applet Deployment by Daniel Beck http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/04/testing-javafx-applet-deployment/comment-page-4/#comment-900214 Daniel Beck Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:09:23 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1109#comment-900214 Does not work for me. I use Ubuntu 9.10, firefox and JRE 1.6.0_15. It seems JavaFX is not supported on Linux 64 bits: http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-4895 Does not work for me. I use Ubuntu 9.10, firefox and JRE 1.6.0_15.

It seems JavaFX is not supported on Linux 64 bits:
http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-4895

]]> Comment on Testing JavaFX Applet Deployment by Rand http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/04/testing-javafx-applet-deployment/comment-page-4/#comment-899998 Rand Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:46:16 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1109#comment-899998 Works first time: Chrome4.0.249.43+Ubuntu8.04+JRE1.6.0_17+OpenJDK+JavaFX+Installed.Autoinstalled remaining depends, and displayed fine after 1 min. Works first time:
Chrome4.0.249.43+Ubuntu8.04+JRE1.6.0_17+OpenJDK+JavaFX+Installed.Autoinstalled remaining depends, and displayed fine after 1 min.

]]> Comment on Testing JavaFX Applet Deployment by Aleix Marso http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2009/09/04/testing-javafx-applet-deployment/comment-page-4/#comment-898530 Aleix Marso Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:13:34 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=1109#comment-898530 Works for me: Kubuntu 9.10 sun jre 1.6.0_15 google chrome beta Works for me:

Kubuntu 9.10
sun jre 1.6.0_15
google chrome beta

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