[mythtv-users] Xbox front-end advice please

Phill Wiggin alamar at gmail.com
Fri Oct 3 16:51:52 UTC 2008


On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Johnny Russ <jruss at mit.edu> wrote:

> Just about to start getting the bits I need to build a Xbox frontend.  Have
>> found a couple of HOWTOs but any advise would be appreciated.  I use Ubuntu
>> on my server so I would like to use a Ubuntu bast distro for the frontend or
>> failing that a Debian one.  Key thing is that I need like to keep the
>> version numbers in sync and would rather not  compile from source.  I have a
>> few questions:-
>>
>
> You may be able to get Ubuntu onto an Xbox but I don't know if you would be
> able to get a mythfrontend running very well. I think what you are looking
> for is Xebian. It is a Debian distribution that has been modified to support
> the xbox. There several ways to get it on to your xbox. Here are some
> threads about installing mythtv and xebian on an xbox:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/328438
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/326013
>
> Even with Xebian the xbox is barely able to handle SD stuff. I prefer using
> XBMC. You can google around to find out more about that. Here is a recent
> thread discussing XBMC:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/349926
>

For what it's worth, I 've run Xebian and XBMC both on the Xbox in the past.


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