[mythtv-users] XBox as a frontend?

[Allen T. Gilliland IV]

playing back "live tv" is the same as playing back a
"recording" ... at least from the perspective of a
frontend.

with live tv all that is really happening is that you
are doing a recording into the file you specify as
your ring buffer and then playing back that file.  the
delay between the record and playback is a couple
seconds i think.

so your frontend (xbox) really doesn't know the
difference between live tv and a recording, all its
doing is playing back a file.

and so of course that means the short answer would
have been "it works great!"

--- "Richard J. Finn" <rfinn at blueclaw.net> wrote:
> 
> 	For US$150 (used) it is pretty cheap.
> 
> 	How well does the Xbox work as a frontend for live
> TV?  i.e. If I have 
> the MythTV backend on a PC connected to the network
> and the Xbox on the 
> network with it, how is the quality of watching live
> Tv and pausing live TV?
> 
> Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:
> 
> > I just got my xbox frontend setup working properly
> > last night ... and it seems perfect for running
> > mythtv.
> > 
> > I do pretty high end recordings ... mpeg4 640x480
> > 4500kbit/s w/ mp3 audio ... and it doesn't seem to
> > have any problems with playback.  The cpu is
> usually
> > around 50% ... I have a pvr 250 and i'll play
> around
> > with it a bit more this weekend, but i'm sure the
> xbox
> > can playback a full frame 720x480 mpeg2.
> > 
> > The remote works great aside from the key press
> issue
> > Ryan mentioned ... someone on the list mentioned
> > having fixed this with their setup but didn't
> leave
> > any instructions for the rest of us ... maybe that
> > person is still around and willing to post that
> info
> > now?
> > 
> > I haven't messed with the overscan because its
> only
> > slightly off for me and not a big deal right now.
> > 
> > I had a bunch of problems getting the thing
> working
> > properly, most because I was just uninformed about
> > some things and that caused me to waste a bunch of
> > time.  I am going to put together some notes on
> what I
> > did this weekend and send it out so others don't
> make
> > the same mistakes.
> > 
> > But I would certainly encourge others to try the
> xbox
> > as a frontend ... its very cheap now, and
> extremely
> > flexible.  
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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