[mythtv-users] Myth on XBOX 360!

[Kichigai Mentat]

On Mar 20, 2006, at 11.30, Joel Ostheller wrote:

> food for thought... How cool would it be to have your PSP be a  
> mythfrontend =D its not physically possible, but its nice to dream  
> about.

Actually, I have thought about that, and it doesn't seem THAT far- 
fetched. The PSP has a 333 MHz CPU. I believe it's a dual-core CPU,  
and uses the second core for media decoding. The on-board software  
can decode MPEG-4 and H.264. Getting it to decode MPEG-2 and RTJPEG  
shouldn't be too much stress on the CPU. Of course, the real !@#$&  
would be getting enough bandwidth over the 802.11b connection.

For now, what I'd love to see is like a mini-front-end. I can scroll  
through the recorded programs, manage recordings, and directly  
control the front-end, kinda like how the HTTP interface works for XBMC.

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> On 3/20/06, Kichigai Mentat <kichigai at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Mar 20, 2006, at 04.04, Chad wrote:
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> > I'm personally holding out of PS3 instead.  Whether it will be  
> able to
> > be a full fledged mythfrontend or not is not my issue, rather  
> it's who
> > gets my money.  Nonetheless, it seems Sony was more willing to  
> 'play'
> > with linux in the past, I would think they might also do so in the
> > future.  The more people you entice to buy your system, the more  
> money
> > you make.
> Well, that's only partly true. Nintendo did a lot of things to
> discourage home-brew on their console (different disc file system,
> reading methods, encryptions, lack of hard disk) and technically,
> they were the only ones to make money off of their sixth generation
> console. Sony and Microsoft are still losing money on the PS2 and the
> XBox (consoles at least).
>
> Also, that's not really true. Microsoft isn't trying to entice Linux
> users, or MythTV users to buy the XBox, yet there are several of us
> out there who have, and many more who are considering buying XBoxes
> exclusively for the use of MythTV. That use is part of the reason
> home-brew is discouraged. I buy an X360 or a PS3, and devote it to
> MythTV. Microsoft or Sony loses money on the console, and make no
> money off of the games. I am a loss to them.
>
> Either way, this is getting off topic.
> >   Too bad Micro$oft can't see that; though I'm sure they
> > won't be losing sleep over it with their pillows stuffed with $1,000
> > dollar bills.
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > Chad
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