[mythtv-users] TiVo (S1) as a MythTV Frontend

[Brian Wood]

On Feb 5, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Tortise wrote:

> Dear List
>
> Has anyone progressed this idea?
>
> I think S1 TiVo's (with a NIC eg Cachecard added) could make great  
> SD MythTV front-end.  (HD - probably not?)  Just like an XBox,  
> MediaMVP etc.
>
> There are lots of them around.
>
> The remote seems the best in the business so all the hardware is  
> there.  The tuners would presumably become obsolete in this role.
>
> These boxes are quiet.  It might even be possible to quieten them  
> even more by replacing the HDD with Solid state media.  (Even do  
> without by downloading OS off the server - probably need something  
> small to initiate this however?)
>
> There are many TiVo users who are likely to move to MythTV at some  
> point.  This would be a great way to re-cycle the hardware!
>
> Seems I am not the first to think of this!     http://outflux.net/ 
> blog/archives/2005/09/14/tivo-meets-mythtv/
>
> Anyone progressed this idea any further?

You are definitely not the first to think of this:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.16
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