OT[?]: Video player for hospital?

David Kennedy wrote:

On 29/01/2013 13:48, Ashley Booth wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:

On 28/01/2013 08:03, the dog from that film you saw wrote:
On 28/01/2013 07:45, Dr Zoidberg wrote:

"Robin" wrote in message
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Background: seriously ill patient in hospital wants to be
able to watch videos - not broadcast or iPlayer but from
disk/memory. Probably .avi and .mkv wrappers. Possibly DVD
images. Resolution not critical but would prefer
widescreen.

Budget: I hope this will be used over months rather than
weeks or days so I'm game for £ several hundreds for a good
solution.

I don't think there's much point looking outside the Tablet
marketplace.

An iPad will do the job very nicely, but it sounds like you'd
want the 64gb version if you plan on filling it with video
which isn't cheap. It's a brilliant bit of kit IMO, but
something like a Samsung Galaxy Tab has a Micro SD card slot
so that will be a lot cheaper - half the price.




the ipad would need all the mkv videos etc converting to
something it likes wouldn't it?

what about

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html

I can't find VLC Media Player on the Apps store. I'm using
AVPlayerHD.

You can simply type VLC into the search box on the iTunes store and
there are a number of choices most of them free

None of them are the VLC Media Player.

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David Kennedy wrote:

On 29/01/2013 13:48, Ashley Booth wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:

On 28/01/2013 08:03, the dog from that film you saw wrote:
On 28/01/2013 07:45, Dr Zoidberg wrote:

"Robin" wrote in message
...
Background: seriously ill patient in hospital wants to be
able to watch videos - not broadcast or iPlayer but from
disk/memory. Probably .avi and .mkv wrappers. Possibly DVD
images. Resolution not critical but would prefer
widescreen.

Budget: I hope this will be used over months rather than
weeks or days so I'm game for £ several hundreds for a good
solution.

I don't think there's much point looking outside the Tablet
marketplace.

An iPad will do the job very nicely, but it sounds like you'd
want the 64gb version if you plan on filling it with video
which isn't cheap. It's a brilliant bit of kit IMO, but
something like a Samsung Galaxy Tab has a Micro SD card slot
so that will be a lot cheaper - half the price.


the ipad would need all the mkv videos etc converting to
something it likes wouldn't it?

what about

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html

I can't find VLC Media Player on the Apps store. I'm using
AVPlayerHD.

The download links are all here

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download

In order to download the app you have to go to the Apps store. I don't
want to download the source code.

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"Ashley Booth" wrote in message
news
In order to download the app you have to go to the Apps store. I don't
want to download the source code.

I believe VLC player was only briefly available on the app store and was
then pulled by Apple as it infringed some of their rules

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/...tore-20121115/

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Alex

Dr Zoidberg wrote:


"Ashley Booth" wrote in message
news
In order to download the app you have to go to the Apps store. I
don't want to download the source code.

I believe VLC player was only briefly available on the app store and
was then pulled by Apple as it infringed some of their rules

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/...gpl-ready-to-h
ead-back-to-the-app-store-20121115/

Sounds more like the submitter of VLC to the apps store, Applidium,
infringed the terms of the GPL.

If the problem has been resolved why isn't an app by VideoLan available
in the store?

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:22:43 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

Having lived in a care home for over 11 years, and being a techy nerd,
I've got more plugs than you can shake a stick at. I've occasionally
had things failed.

- home-made extension lead, consisting of a pattress fitted to a piece
of wood with additional multiple cable clips

- home-made extension lead consisting of two 4-way adapters taped
together and running into an in-line insulated joiner complete with
cable grips

- phone charger with a frayed cord (5v, v low amps)

- computer speakers; powered by a wall-wart, the switch in the
speakers broke, so I fitten an in-line switch in the (6v low amp)
cable

- computer, as I was running it wth the side off.

All of which were failed for specious reasons in my belief.

Management of the sticky labels becomes a problem. After 11 years,
some of my equipment has developed a hard lacquer of stickyness!
mainly on the plugs.

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I know it doesn't answer your question, and I am sorry to hear of your
relative's ill health.

Last week I was in and was damn glad of my Note 2 with its huge
screen, HSDPA and iPlayer. Because PatientLine - or more accurately
the company that bought it out - now charges £10 a day for TV.

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Doug Paulley wrote:


- phone charger with a frayed cord (5v, v low amps)

Fire hazard. They can still put out enough watts into highish resistance
fault to start a fire. I think most care home fires are electrical.


- computer, as I was running it wth the side off.

Serious fire hazard, and danger of burns to anyone wearing anything
metal. PC power supplies might well generate over a kilowatt for long
enough to cause problems, before any fuse goes. The case will help to
contain any fire due to an internal fault.

I hope there were no short wave listeners or radio amateurs in or near
the home, as running a PC with case off will make RFI a big risk (as it
is, I suspect many PCs are built with boards that require a very good
case and cases that require a very good board, to make them compliant,
but using cheap cases and cheap boards.


All of which were failed for specious reasons in my belief.

I don't know who they use for the PAT testing, but PAT testing doesn't
have to be done by a qualified electrician, and for most of the things,
except for the PC, only really needs to be visual. That could mean that
the person they employ doesn't have the skills to evaluate the other
cases from first principles.

charles wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Bill Wright
writes
David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

For a while bans were attempted in order to force patients to use
Patientline (etc) but that was soon seen as indefensible.
Most/all hospital equipment is RFI-proof. The days of bans on
phones etc are pretty well gone.
If you plug in look for an ordinary 13A socket, not one marked
'essential' as that is on a special circuit.
In terms of plugging in, the issue is PAT testing.
The NHS now outsources some work to private hospitals, and for at
least one of those, they allow equipment to be plugged in, but it
has to be subject to a free PAT test, first.
My experience is that this regulation is universally disregarded.

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have
eliminated a lot of potential failures.

IME after faulty flex, it's internal faults of switch mode PSUs leading to
excessive leakage to earth.(30ma)
and most things now have switch mode PSUs

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"Steve Terry" wrote in message
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charles wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have
eliminated a lot of potential failures.

IME after faulty flex, it's internal faults of switch mode PSUs leading to
excessive leakage to earth.(30ma)
and most things now have switch mode PSUs

But most 'things' now don't have an earth connection.

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Max Demian

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:41:30 -0000, "Max Demian"
wrote:

"Steve Terry" wrote in message
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charles wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have
eliminated a lot of potential failures.

IME after faulty flex, it's internal faults of switch mode PSUs leading to
excessive leakage to earth.(30ma)
and most things now have switch mode PSUs

But most 'things' now don't have an earth connection.

Not via the mains lead, but the case/chassis could easily end up
earthed via interconnects to peripheral equipment.

The original Sky Digibox, Amstrad DRX200 did have a 3 core mains lead,
as did a Sony Sky box (IIRC)

As all Sky boxes were made to a strict BskyB spec, there must have
been a change.