[Redbutton-devel] SF.net SVN: redbutton: [105] www/index.html

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Revision: 105
Author:   skilvington
Date:     2006-06-13 06:42:27 -0700 (Tue, 13 Jun 2006)
ViewCVS:  http://svn.sourceforge.net/redbutton/?rev=105&view=rev

Log Message:
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describe features of latest release

Modified Paths:
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    www/index.html
Modified: www/index.html
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--- www/index.html	2006-06-13 13:19:52 UTC (rev 104)
+++ www/index.html	2006-06-13 13:42:27 UTC (rev 105)
@@ -141,19 +141,22 @@
 <P>
 To run it you need an X server that supports the Xrender extension and you need to have libpng, libmpeg2 and freetype2 installed.
 <H2>Notes</H2>
-It'll only draw text, rectangles and bitmaps at the moment and some of the ElementaryActions are not yet implemented.
-However, it is enough to be usable.
-The main things missing are video and audio streams, at the moment it'll just draw a green box where any video should be.
+It does not implement the whole MHEG spec.
+However, it seems to be enough to view everything that is currently being broadcast on the 'Freeview' channels in the UK.
+If it comes across something that is not yet implemented it will print out a message on the console. Let us know if you find anything it can't do.
 <P>
-The SVN version now plays video and audio streams.
-Note that it does not currently use any acceleration that your graphics card may provide
-so it'll drop frames in full screen mode unless you have a very fast processor
+It does not retune to different channels yet if the app requests it.
+It will print out a message saying what service ID it needs to tune to,
+but you will have to retune manually and restart it.
+<P>
+It does not currently use any acceleration that your graphics card may provide
+so it'll drop video frames in full screen mode unless you have a very fast processor
 (or your full screen X resolution is set to 720x576 pixels).
 <P>
 It will only display apps that conform to the UK MHEG Profile (available from
 <A href="http://www.dtg.org.uk/">www.dtg.org.uk</A>).
 <P>
-If you get a blank screen when it starts, try pressing 'r' (for BBC) or 't' (for ITV/C4) to activate
+When it starts you will probably need to press 'r' (for BBC) or 't' (for ITV/C4) to activate
 any MHEG app that may be waiting for you to do something.
 <P>
 The default font for the UK MHEG Profile is Tiresias Screenfont which was


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