[mythtv-users] x-box as a frontend?

[Nathan Goff]

Spencer Jason E CONT DLVA wrote:
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew Daubenspeck [mailto:matt at oddprocess.org]
>>Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:29 AM
>>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] x-box as a frontend?
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:37:54PM -0500, Brian wrote:
>>
>>>Does an x-box really make as good a front-end as everyone 
>>
>>says?  From 
>>
>>>what I've read, people seem very happy with them. 
>>>I'm considering getting one, in large part for running mythtv.
>>
>>Yes, it works great for me, and I use 2 Xbox's as front ends...
> 
> 
>  I hadn't used my xbox in over a year until I found mythtv and
> Dennis's xbox distro.  Now it gets used every day.  I have it connected
> to my lan using a linksys 54G game adapter.  Works great with a pvr 250
> stream.
> 
> 
>>>Does the xbox work well for other parts of the myth suite, 
>>
>>myth-game for 
>>
>>>example?  Is 64M enough?
>>
>>I also use it for MythMusic and MythDVD. Both work well, except
>>MythMusic is slow to change songs when you have a huge playlist loaded
>>and use the random mode. I haven't tried MythGame.
> 
> 
>  I have personally used Myth(video, dvd, gallery, weather, music) on
> the xbox with no problems.
> 
> 
>>>Are newer x-boxes quiet?  Is the harddrive spinning when idle, or 
>>>watching live or recorded TV from a backend machine, or at other 
>>>unexpected times?
>>
>>I can hear just a slight hum from the fan on my xboxes, and every once
>>and a while if I am listening closely, I can hear the hard drive click
>>when it is accessing something. It's still almost silent...
> 
> 
> No experience with the newer xbox's but Microsoft fixed
> the font exploit I believe on the newer ones (or if you do a live
> update).
> 
> 
>>>Can the xbox DVD remote be used with myth?   Or,are there 
>>
>>better ways to go?
>>
>>Good question :)
> 
> 
> I used the xbox remote for a while,  but you can use a One for all
> remote with the xbox remote ir.  Works well.
> 
> 
> 
>>>What in addition to the xbox (and possible modchip) is 
>>
>>needed to get 
>>
>>>myth running?
>>
>>As long as you do not use a brand spanking new xbox 
>>(September might be
>>the cutoff date), you can use the MechInstall software hack.
> 
> I didn't use a modchip at all, I went the MechInstaller route(font
> exploit).
>  
>  Works ok, but you have to watch out for clock loops.  If your xbox
> loses power it gets caught in a loop while trying to set the clock.  I've
> had this happen twice, but my xbox came out of it in a few mins (varies
> xbox to xbox, some don't come out at all).  I think it has a lot to do with
>   the generation of xbox being used.  I set up one of my friends with 
>   Mechinstaller on his xbox and it came out of a loop real quick (both
> of ours are first generation xbox's)
> 
> 
> 
>>>If you have a x-box frontend, would you recommend it to 
>>
>>others?  Any 
>>
>>>complaints about the setup?
>>
>>I use it daily and love it. Enough said :)
> 
>  
> Defiantly!
> 
> 
>>-- 
>>:wq!
>>
>>  Matthew Daubenspeck
>>  http://www.oddprocess.org
>>
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Is the xbox-myth version going to go to mythtv .12 or .13 anytime soon? 
  Also, am I forced to do the hardware changes to my xbox if I just 
purchased it?  Meaning are there any other software hacks to avoid 
installing the mod chip that work on a newer xbox?  It is still being 
shipped, so I don't know about the date of manufacture, but I assume it 
will be within the last couple of months.

Nathan Goff