On 4/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the info. I am assuming that if I go buy a box this > > afternoon that I will get a 1.6 version so I was being just a bit > > careful. > > > > From what I've seen, it seems like 1.4's 1.5 and 1.6s are still > available on store shelves. However, since all versions (up to 1.6) > are currently soft-moddable, it shouldn't be a problem.
Probably won't be anything beyond 1.6, right? With the next XBox due to get talked about next month they probably won't continue to do much with the older design. I went to Fry's today but they didn't have any XBoxs in stock! > > > A few more questions if I might. Mouse and keyboard?? For simplicity > > do they have to be M$ stuff? Looking at my kid's XBox I don't see > > anything except controller ports on the front and Ethernet and video > > on the back. I am assuming that the keyboard must plug into a > > controller port? > > > > I'll try to answer this in the order I see it: > > 1) I did not need a mouse and keyboard attached to my XBox. Once I > got Xebian installed, I did everything via SSH. OK, I wanted to use Gentoo but I'll check Xebian out. Are you a Debian user in real life or did Xebian offer something specific in terms of doing the install? (Like everything from an XBox controller, etc?) > > 2) There are no Microsoft keyboards or mice *for the XBox*. However, > in order to control MythTV, you will need a DVD Remote. I had a third > party XBox DVD remote which I could not get to work; so I ended up > buying the offical Microsoft DVD Dongle kit. Cool. That seems to be about $25 or so? It has a little IR thingie that goes in a controller port and then the remote, correct? > > 3) The 4 controller ports on the front of the XBox are actually just > standard USB 1.1 ports with a different shaped connector and an extra > wire. You can find many sites on the 'net that have instructions on > how to wire your own USB to XBox cable (or buy one). > > > In the end it might be nice to do no keyboard at the TV and just turn > > on MythTV remotely from some other PC in the house. I.e. - COMMAND: > > Show The Daily Show on TV #3 and the program pops up using the XBox > > sitting at TV #3. > > > > Generally remotely controlling the XBox from another PC can be done; > but I have no idea how to do it. I recommend you get a DVD IR Remote > and control the MythTV frontend that way -- it is simpler for > end-users to work with and works 'out of the box'. > This makes lots of sense. Thanks. I'm reading about the Xebian stuff now. GentooX also I suppose. thanks, Mark _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
