新 Xin New Concept Linux

新 Xin

New Concept Linux

A remote media player / media center supporting mutlifile playback, playlists, drag-and-drop URL's, and more
A remote desktop display or remote secondary display
A media player or desktop controllable from multiple clients
Multiple Xin media players or display's controllable from a single PC
All controllable and configurable from Windows, be it Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
Linux and FreeDos
Support for drivers that modify cpu, chipset, or display hardware before linux boots (as well as any other dos com or exe)
Live CD distro, requires no hard drive
Easy to customize your own CD without the complexity of a full re-master

And It All Fits On:

Examples
Some projects using Xin as a basis. Hover over each pic for more details.

Modernized Retro TV

Streaming an Analog Source
to multiple players.

Playing back some old records on a boombox, bedroom stereo, and main stereo system at the same time. Controllable from a single laptop.

Support For Apple Hardware ;)

It only takes a simple VGA->Composite cable (composed of just three resistors) for this to work.

                       1K ohm
    VGA Hsync o--------/\/\/------------+
                                        |
                       1K ohm           |
    VGA Vsync o--------/\/\/------------+
                                        |
                       100 ohm          |
    VGA Green o--------/\/\/------------+--------o Composite Video In

    VGA GND   o----------------------------------o Composite Video GND

The driver (tvneg.com) is included in the freedos section. Simply change rem tv to tvneg in CDEXEC.BAT. For more information about bulding a cable and other combinations, etc see http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/lood.html

Screenshot

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