[Full-disclosure] Great application for the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200

[Michael Holstein]

> I just setup a Pluto Home system (smarthome + media server, 
> plutohome.com, free open source). It’s really cool. It has a streaming 
> movie server, music server, PVR. Plus it does home automation and 
> controls a/v equipment too. There’s only 1 problem…

Umm ... so where's the disclosure here?

Since you're a ub3rl33t hax0r, fire up your sniffer and figure out what 
filename the firmware fetches (and grab the image to disect). Then setup 
your own tftpd and try a minimal linux kernel compiled for the correct 
processor, video, and IO chipsets.

You could also use this almost unheard of tool to find stuff :

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=showcenter+linux&btnG=Google+Search

for which the top link is :

http://webboard.pinnaclesys.com/read_threads.asp?WebboardID=1&ForumID=1088&lng=1&SectionID=219

Yep. Even Pinnacle's own read-only FAQ webboard has info on alternative 
UI's. Check article #6.

http://openshowcenter.sourceforge.net
http://www.oxyl.de

~Mike.