[mythtv-users] xbox mythtv

[nate s]

Actually, I believe you can upgrade the memory yourself with a little
soldering skill (info courtesy of the links posted farther up in the
thread)

-Nate


On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 13:56:32 -0000, Will <egroups at klubbing.com> wrote:
> I would imagine DVB receivers would use much less memory (and obviously
> CPU).. and the USB requirements would be lesser.. And I believe linuxtv.org
> has DVB drivers for a couple of USB receivers.
> 
> However there still do seem to be a lot of if's and but's (has anyone got a
> DVB frontend+backend with XVMC running in 64mb?). If it worked it would be a
> very cheap standalone mythbox though.
> 
> I understand you can get the xbox upgraded to 128mb by a company called
> friendtech, but I doubt it's cheap (and i don't have time to google ;)..
> 
> Will
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Davidson" <lists at backslash.co.uk>
> To: <mary at taz-devil.dyndns.org>; "Discussion about mythtv"
> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:27 PM
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] xbox mythtv
> 
> > OK, I retract my earlier email. I forgot about the USB 1.1 and the limited
> > memory in an xbox
> >
> > my bad :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Mary Wright
> > Sent: 08 November 2004 21:16
> > To: dorgan at optonline.net; 'Discussion about mythtv'
> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] xbox mythtv
> >
> >
> > The main issues as I see it is that the xbox has a usb 1.0 which can be
> > enough to run a usb tv card not to capture from the card becaue you then
> > run
> > into the issue that the xbox has 64 megs of memory .This is enough to run
> > as
> > a frontend as the backend does all the work.That's why it's not able to be
> > used as a backend out of the box and this isn't taking into the issue of
> > the
> > cpu either
> >
> > M$ are introducing a similar product to mythtv using there media pc you
> > use
> > the xbox as the frontend .So if that's the setup there using doesn't stand
> > out that the xbox won't be able to capture by itself
> >
> > Regards Mary
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Donald J. Organ IV
> > Sent: Tuesday, 9 November 2004 6:53 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] xbox mythtv
> >
> > yes but that still doesnt tell me how to get it to capture
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