On Thu, May 16, 2013 11:38 am, Dan MacDonald wrote: > I asked on this list recently if anyone had come across one of the USB > pendrive-sized ARM/ Android devices but with a headphone jack and got no > response but it seems such things do exist already, or at least there is > one such model, the MX3 RK3066. > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MX3-Camera-8G-Android-4-1-Mini-PC-RK3066-Google-TV-Box-Player-Wifi-Bluetooth-NEW-/251254653914?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Internet_TV_Media_Streamers&hash=item3a7ff1c3da > More details on this page: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MX3-Camera-8G-Android-4-1-Mini-PC-RK3066-Google-TV-Box-Player-Wifi-Bluetooth-NEW-/121090051458 > At ~70GBP its twice the price of similar spec devices that lack the AV > port > and the (likely totally useless) webcam Not totally useless. With the extension cable you can position the device near the TV to use the TV for video chat. > so its a bit of a risky purchase > for me until someone confirms that the AV port works with regular ALSA. > Why wouldn't it? If the audio driver is supported it will "just work"(tm) If there is a bug it will be quickly fixed so it seems there is no risk involved at all. > Should the temptation to get one of these overcome anyone, please let me > know how you get on with the AV out under Picuntu (or whatever non-Android > Linux distro you may install on it). If it works I suspect I won't be able > to resist the novelty factor. > Looks like a very cheap way to build a complete home entertainment system. -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
