[mythtv-users] XBox as a front end?

[Allen T. Gilliland IV]

I am currently in the process of setting up my xbox to
work as a frontend.

Its actually been a major pain in the arse just to get
the thing modded and setup with a new dashboard so I
can do what I want with it.  Part of the problem could
be that I have a newer v1.1 xbox which is harder to
modify.

I haven't setup linux on the box yet, but I am
planning to soon.  It seems like the only options for
running mythfrontend are to use GentooX or Ed's
Debian.  I am going to try gentoox because thats what
I'm familiar with and it doesn't require an actual
installation process, you just copy over and run.

I do know for a fact that the xbox has 10/100 NIC and
it seems that gentoox uses a visual keyboard and lets
you use the gamepad or dvd remote to navigate.  So you
shouldn't need a keyboard.

I think its going to turn out to be a pretty slick
setup for a frontend ... and certainly versatile.
--- Christian Hack <christianh at pdd.edmi.com.au> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf
> Of Ben Bucksch
> > Sent: Monday, 26 May 2003 11:48 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XBox as a front end?
> >
> >
> >   Jeff C wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious, has anyone tried running the
> mythfrontend on an Xbox?
> >
> > Yes, and there was various discussion about that
> on the mailing list,
> > you can find it in the archives. May I politely
> suggest that you make
> > some serious attempts to solve your questions
> yourself before asking a
> > few hundred people?
> >
> 
> I initially asked this question a long time ago
> before anyone had reported
> they had done it. Since then this has been reported.
> This thread has
> rejigged my interest though, so I did some searches
> for myself.
> 
> e.g. Try these
>
http://gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=58971
>
http://gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=57299
>
http://gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=57251
> 
> 
> Christian
> 
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