[mythtv-users] Using Xbox for a front end

[Ian Hodgson]

Johnny Russ wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Ben Edwards <list4me2 at googlemail.com 
> <mailto:list4me2 at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have my Xbox, a XBOX to USB cable and a memory stick the Xbox
>     recognizes (512MB).  I have a copy of Splinter Cell on its way to me.
>
>     What I am trying to work out is what version of Linux to use.  It
>     seems to be a toss up between Xdebian or Xubuntu.
>
>     My backend is running Myth 1.21 so does anyone know if there are
>     mythtv packages that work with either of these distributions?
>
>     Regards,
>     Ben
>     _______________________________________________
>
>
> I think you need to do a little more research. The X in Xubuntu is for 
> Xfce (a desktop environment) and the X in Xebian is for Xbox. Xebian 
> is a distribution that was designed to run on the xbox hardware. It 
> uses an older kernel that supports the filesystem that the xbox uses, 
> and it is striped down to run better on the limited hardware the Xbox 
> has. Search the list archives for links to Xebian E images that have 
> mythtv already installed. That is the easiest way to get up and 
> running with myth on an xbox. It looks like you are going to do a 
> soft-mod. This list isn't the place to get help on modding your xbox. 
> You should check out the tutorials or forums at 
> http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox-tutorials.php or some other xbox 
> hacking community.
>
> As others have said on this list and I agree, running linux and 
> mythfrontend on an xbox is barely passable as an SD frontend. It takes 
> a long time to boot, and the menus, etc, repsond slowly. Although it 
> isn't a full frontend you can watch mythtv recordings in XBMC and it 
> is much easier to setup and much more responsive than a full linux 
> distro will be on xbox hardware.

I just wanted to clarify that xUbuntu and Xubuntu are different. xUbuntu 
is a variant of Ubuntu for Xbox...

http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/XUbuntu

I have a couple of Xbox's that I use as "low usage" Myth front ends and 
can only agree that they are slow and very noisy. >:o