[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox as FE

[Robert Johnston]

On 19/10/05, WiFi Fun <wififun at gmail.com> wrote:
> Without a hardware modification chip that you can turn on and off, you
> are out of luck. The hard drive soft mod, is an option, but you will
> have to redo it every time your dash board get over written my a live
> game. I am not sure if they are banning people though so do this at
> your own risk. Your best bet if you are stuck on using an xbox, would
> be to pick up a second one cheap on ebay or something. All the fan
> boys will be selling there xboxes to buy the 360 in a couple of weeks,
> so they should be going even cheaper soon. Then use one box for
> playing live games, and the other for myth, linux, or anything else.

Not true. Using the "NDure" mod, you can softmod your Xbox so that you
can run the alternate dash (With Live capability disabled) when
starting from the power button, and the MS dash (And "Clean" C-drive
from an image) when starting from the eject button.

However, as the 360 is coming out Nov 11th, expect to see a LOT of 2nd
hand xboxen on the market then. And if Myth can work out UPNP support
by the time the 360's out, that'd work even better.
--
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston