The downside to the Xbox remote is no Power button or Volume buttons so I guess I'll need a second remote or need to break down and buy the universal remote everyone is talking about from RatShack.
I'm unfamiliar with Media MVP do you have a link that I could read up on?
In general I'm impressed by how relatively easy it was to sync my Xbox and my backend on Myth. I still have an Xbox that is a bit to large screenwise for the TV which is adjustable in Myth (anyone have some directions) but all in all it's compact and fairly stable.
I say relatively easy because of my lack of Linux experience and knowledge. My Xbox wouldn't boot from a CD unless cromwell was running so that gave me some problems but once I got past that hump it went relatively smoothly.
If there were a couple of detailed installs from some of the guru's that would definitely help some beginners. Jarrod's guide was invaluable, someone needs to do one for the Xbox.
AJM,
From: Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Mudit Wahal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]>
To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox Versions
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 10:57:03 -0700
SD = Standard Definition/Analog. HD = High Definition
But SD can also be considered as Standard Digital which is quite notches above Standard Definition, and a few notches below HD.
AJM, did you a separate remote for the xbox ?
I'm in same boat, I've one HDTV and 2 analogs. For HDTV frontend, I need a beast box (p4 3ghz+). But for analog, I'd like to get a cheaper/quiter front end. I just bought the media mvp after reading some comments about it on this mailing list. Haven't plugged it in yet. Still struggling with the backend.
Media MVP doesn't run a full fledge mythtv frontend, but if all you want is watch tv/recording/music (and dont care about other stuff), then the basic mvp should be fine. For under $100 bucks, it comes with a functional remote, 10/100 ethernet port, svideo output, h/w decoder, plays mpeg2 (for mythtv only) and divx (if you run their backend on windows). But someday, someone will write a on-the-fly transcoder from mpeg2 to mpeg4 running on linux.
Not advocating mvp/hijacking this thread, just there are some other options if the requirements are limited.
Thanks
Mudit
On 5/4/05, a M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll second that Shaun.
>
> I'm running a ver 1.4 with a software hack, Xebian and myth 1.7. The hardest
> part was getting the software hack on the xbox for me, I ended up buying a
> memory card as opposed to making one.
>
> The second hardest was digesting the how to Doc on the xbox distro, I'm not
> a Linux user...
>
> Shaun, what's SD?
>
> AJM,
>
> >From: "Shaun Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]>
> >Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Xbox Versions
> >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:18:51 -0600
> >
> >Mark,
> >
> >Why did you do a hardware hack for you where just going to run it as a
> >front-end?
> >
> >I have 5 Xboxes running now all with Xebian, each runs very well with SD
> >video (forget HD). My suggestion would be to pick one up used, this is how
> >I bought mine and thus did not have to stress as much about the version.
> >
> >Shaun
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mark Knecht
> >Sent: Wed 5/4/2005 10:34 AM
> >To: Discussion about mythtv
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox Versions
> >
> >
> >
> >Calvin,
> > I'm am currently going through XBox mod hell. I wouldn't recommend
> >this to anyone feint of heart.
> >
> > There are at least 7 versions of the XBox, starting with 1.0, 1.1,
> >1.2, ..., 1.6. There is also (apparently) a 'sub-version' of 1.6
> >called 1.6b. There are also a truly scary number of possibly mod
> >chips. Choose one carefully. I'm using the cheapest. It would likely
> >had been OK if it came preinstalled with the Cromwell BIOS. Some of
> >them do. I suggest looking for that.
> >
> > I purchased a new XBox last Friday for a Myth frontend machine. I
> >knew it would be difficult. I won't be heartbroken if it doesn't work.
> >Here's the status so far.
> >
> > I got the XBox modified by a nice guy here in San Jose. He
> >installed a DuoX2 chip and put some sort of bootable BIOS on it. I had
> >been able to boot GentooX and Gentoo-XBox after that work was done.
> >After looking at Xebian, GentooX, Gentoo-xbox I finally decided that
> >since I use Gentoo elsewhere I'd go with Gentoo-Xbox. All the
> >instructions said I needed the Cromwell BIOS so I tried doing that
> >with raincoat. Raincoat loaded the Cromwell BIOS, but then the machine
> >wouldn't boot from the DuoX2 anymore. It will still boot with the M$
> >BIOS.
> >
> > So far I'm out $150 for the machine, $25 for the IR/remote, $50 for
> >the mod chip + install and it doesn't work. That's $250. Probably I'll
> >get it fixed and running sometime this week but it's certainly not
> >painless so far. ;-) (Mostly my own making I'm sure.)
> >
> > My one comment about the XBox is that it's not silent. The fan in
> >them makes about as much noise as an older VCR when recording. This
> >makes me wonder if I'll leave it turned on and ready for use or
> >whether I'll end up turning i toff and seldom using it.
> >
> > Based on a fairly gloomy Monday morning my thought today, knowing
> >what little I know right now, is that I'd double the cost to $500 and
> >build something that's both based on a standard PC architecture and
> >BIOS as well as fanless and completely silent.
> >
> > So far it's an interesting (if depressing) use of time and I'm not
> >sure I'm going to enjoy the box when I get it done. Not a great
> >report. Go here only if you like this sort of thing.
> >
> > We'll see.
> >
> >- Mark
> >
> >On 5/4/05, Calvin Harrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I've been looking for an economical way of setting up a couple
> > > frontends. I currently run a combo be/fe which has served me well for
> > > over a year. I though perhaps getting a couple used XBoxes would be a
> > > decent route. I've been skimming the archives and one thing that keeps
> > > popping up is a discussion/mention of versioning on the XBox. What is
> > > the easiest version of the XBox to mod to allow it to run mythtv? Does
> > > it require a hardware modification? How do the xboxes perform
> > > displaying SD TV encoded at 480x480? Any comments? Thanks for the feed
> > > back.
> > >
> > > Calvin
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