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Originally Posted by Bob_98SR5
it looks like your system is plug and play. am i right? and mark, please tell me there's a write up for this!
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There's gonna be extended babble on midiwall.com once it completely comes back on line. I didn't really take pics along the way, there was a LOT of trial fits, failed attempts to make a slider mechanism for the screen, a pile of cables ALL over, etc.
I'll babble about what ended up working and how it all works together, along with details on getting software loaded, finding the hardware, etc.
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Originally Posted by BT17R
Veddy interesting. Could you run a Firewire port for live video in to WiFi uplink (with conversion?) to make it smooth for www viewers?
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Well, yeah... Technically there's nothing stopping you from doing it, it comes down to "it's just about moving data".
There are a couple of thigs left to add into my system as well along these lines, and I may/may not do it.
One happens to be that most of the car front-end UI's (and there are a LOT of them) support using a Webcam as a back-up camera, and some support multiple camera feeds, and some support recording those feeds.
It's all about having enough CPU speed to be able to handle a frame rate to the point that it's full motion.
Upload wise... There are a couple of slick tricks that people are doing. One is to take advantage of a company called Boost mobile which - if you keep an eye on their contract - will give you UNLIMITED 'net access via cell for $6/month. Windows will make use of this by seeing the phone as a modem and... you're on!
Now, that speed isn't the best for streaming but... If you look closely at the above pics, and wander the software list, you'll find an app I'm running that, umm, "has the ability to" help out in that aspect.
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Originally Posted by SLC97SR5
Mark, that's rad! I'd like to see some daylight/whole interior pics.
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Well, there may be a reason why I took them at night.
Actually, it's not that bad - the one major exposed wire is the lead for the GPS receiver which is sitting up on the dash. There's some duct tape holding it in place right now. It'll get tidy'd up, but I need to pull the dash to get the cable behind it. That's now pretty low on my list of things to do.
I also have to sand down and paint where I punched in the USB jack in the center console. At the moment, there's nice tinge of "JB Weld Grey" around it.
Thanks for the thumb's ups guys! I'm pretty dern happy with it all. In practice, it works very nicely, and I'll tell ya' - it's purty dern cool to be able to plug my H10 into the console and play tracks right off of it!