[mythtv-users] (Probably OT) TiVo as MythTV box?

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Sat Jun 7 15:19:39 EDT 2003


On Saturday 07 June 2003 01:55 pm, Shaun Crossley wrote:
> I've crossposted this to both mythtv-users and mythtv-dev; I
> hope someone will tell me if this is a breach of list-etiquette
> without flaming me too heavily.

It is.

> Has anyone looked into the possibility of nuking the existing
> TiVo Linux OS and replacing it with MythTV?  I would think this
> would be an interesting project for making use of older TiVo
> STBs.
>
> Of course, the restrictive hardware platform (sub-100MHz PPC
> processor, 16MB RAM) would make this a challenge, at the very
> least.

The total lack of drivers and documentation for the mpeg chips make it much 
more than just a 'challenge'.  Realistically, it's not going to happen.

Isaac


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