Rev as a HD media player?

[Jeff Reynolds]

Has anyone tried using rev to playback 720p sized mpeg video? was  
toying with the idea of trying it with rev and quicktime to see if rev  
and quicktime could handle this with any robustness. hd mpeg playback  
solutions out there have a lot of limitations if you want to try and  
control them. The idea would be to just run a simple rev application  
on a mac mini that would just play back 720p60 mpeg files via controls  
set to it by tcpip from another computer.

the mpeg playback solutions out there have several limitations. there  
are simpler systems based on flash memory that you can send serial  
commands to control, but the compact flash storage limits the amount  
of video you can store. Hard drived based mpeg players dont have any  
control apis that you can access to tell them what to play when. there  
is one option, the adtec edge 4111, but its very expensive and a bit  
clunky on the software side.

The advantages to the mpeg boxes is that most of them will just keep  
playing back files all day long and never lock up. downside is control  
is missing on most, limited storage on some, and flavors of mpeg files  
they will use is limited and playback color/detail is variable.

the advantage to a rev solution would be total control and access to  
all the flavors of h264 mov compression to get great quality and good  
sizes w/o having to go through a lot of hoops. downside is not sure  
how well the system would hold up to getting playback requests all day  
long.

just wondering if anyone has torture tested rev playback like this of  
larger movie files with quicktime on the mac.

cheers,

jeff reynolds