Just a note, I pointed to a site the other day re MythTV on xbox. On reading it further, they seemed to be running mythfrontend (viewer) on the xbox, and mythbackend (number crunching server) elsewhere.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:50:19 +1200 Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C'Mon, you dont need a modchip, and especially not a $150 mod chip! > There are cheaper modchips around, too starting at around $20. Its just > a peice of flash memory, nothing special. However that $150 can be spent > getting linux installed. > > The onboard bios can be flashed once you solder two points on the > motherboard together. I've helped a friend at www.xboxhacking.co.nz do a > few of these, he's even got his own xbox linux distro configured now. > > TV's are fine, especially if your aim is to have it as a media box > rather than a desktop. You dont need the keyboard, mouse in your list > xbox controller works fine, with an onscreen keyboard when needed. There > are a few xine based gui's that are designed for TV work, with only a > mouse or remote control. > > So that only leaves that 120Gb HDD, if you've got a 100Mbit network, and > a server, I'd just mount NFS shares all around. Or if you like to cart > your media box around places with you it could be useful. Hell I might > consider making the xbox my server :) > > So for the soldering-impaired: > XBox Console - $398 (Dick smith) > Microsoft AV Pack - $49.95 (Dick smith) > Samsung 120Gb HDD - $208 (dragonpc) > XBox linux install/bios flash - $100 (xboxhacking.co.nz) > > Probably dont need the AV pack unless you have a really good TV, and you > can enable half the advanced features from under linux (or using xbox > media player if you have a evolutionx bios or something. > > Sascha. > > > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 09:24, Luuk Paulussen wrote: > > >Huh? $399 at the Warehouse or somewhere similar. :-) or am I missing > > >something. > > >Shane > > > > Missing quite a few things - well depending on how far you want to go... > > Xecuter 2 pro modchip - $150 > > 120GB HDD $250 > > USB adaptors for keyboard and mouse $50 > > USB keyboard and mouse $28 (much cheaper than retail) > > > > And then you still have to work with what it looks like on a TV, although I > > understand flash new TV's look a lot better. I think you can get a > > composite to VGA converter box for about $150 though > -- > Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
