[mythtv-users] Roku HD-1000

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/23/06, Todd Ignasiak <ignasiak at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/23/06, yan seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> > James Dastrup wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 08:19 -0800, yan seiner wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>For those using it, could you please answer a few questions for me....
> > >>
> > >>1.  Can the USB port be used for connecting a DVD player?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >The USB is intended only for wireless adapters, but someone may have a
> > >hack out there. Check out the forums at rokulabs.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Well, some more reading and I've found that the USB port is only
> > 1.1....  Probably not fast enough to play DVDs anyway, so that pretty
> > much knocks it out of my wish list...
> >
> > :-(
> >
> > --Yan
> >
> Yeah, I don't think DVD player replacement was ever one of the goals for
> Roku.  In fact, it has a YPrPb pass-through, to allow you to  continue using
> your standalone DVD player.     Although,  if you "rip" your DVDs to a file
> server, then the Roku's network media player capabilties come into play (and
> you can eliminate the annoying ads, warnings, remote lockouts, etc).


I was unaware of the YPrPb pass-through on the Roku, does MythRoku
support the pass-through?

--
Steve