[mythtv-users] Xbox frontend version question

[Jamison Ables]

Matt Picker wrote:

>That's good to know.  I looked at mythtv-xbox for a
>while but i'm a gentoo man so I didn't give it much of
>a chance.  Does it use a differant window manager? 
>How would mythtv run on my xbox with running kde also?
> Thanks.
>Matt
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It uses blackbox for a window manager. I to have used gentoo and gentoox 
in the past and that of course was another option i had.  As  far as KDE 
goes, my xboxes use swap now with blackbox and mythtv, and I'm sure 
pretty sure without upgrading to 128megs it would preform badly. 
(Disclaimer: I have never tried this.) I am thinking about upgrading one 
of my boxes to 128megs (its not like a computer, you have to soldier it 
on) and i am fairly certain that it would do a better job. (Another note 
their is a new verison of Mythtv-Xbox out and it has some improvement. I 
have yet to try it.) The only time i really ever notice a problem is 
when i am watching racing (ie fast motion) and its not bad at all.  I 
choose not to go down the gentoo road due to the fact that Mythtv-Xbox 
does work so well. Like i said its not perfect but close and I'm really 
not sure your going to see any performance increase.  The best part of 
Mythtv-Xbox is the install. Its extremely easy. In no time I can take a 
stock xbox and have it running. I would say that Mythtv-Xbox is the 
easiest way to setup a frontend with tvout and a remote. Like i said 
before its also a very cost effective way as well. (I tried to start 
with gentoox pro one day and set it up for mythtv. After 24+ hours i 
gave up and said it wasnt worth it.)   Just 1. "patch" the xbox 2. boot 
off of the xebian disc 3. ssh into the xbox and setup the network 4. 
download a small gunzip file and decompress 5. run the install script 
and play along 6.  let it reboot and thats it (also the xbox remote 
works without doing anything :) )