<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/7/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bruce Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com">blubdog@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div>I'm intrigued by this box, but I can't find any mention of "Myth" on the web site.<br>
<br>
I'm looking for a quiet frontend to replace my noisy PC frontend.<br>
I'm only interested in being able to play shows recorded on my backend,<br>
I don't care about any of the other non-TV Myth components.<br>
I'm only doing standard TV (no HD).<br>
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What's it take to get this box working with Myth?</div></div></blockquote><div><br>
unzip the mythroku file on a network share that the roku can see. edit the text file with your backends ip address.<br>
Thats it.<br>
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Will it play shows from the backend that have been transcoded to MPEG-4?</div></div></blockquote><div><br>
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No it will not. The roku can only decode MPEG1 and MPEG2. <br>
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- BS<br>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">After reading all this about the mini-mac
and then someone talking about water cooled I am convinced I made the right
decision to go with the Roku HD1000 photobridge. <br>
</span></font></p>
<span>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> <a href="http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/index.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/index.php</a></span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p></span>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Pros</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">it is
relatively cheap -$299</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">it is fanless</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">build specifically
for HDTV but works fine with SDTV as well</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">The portion
of MythTV that is already done works great (front end record and watch
live TV)</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">The roku
comes with an remote that will control all of the functions currently available
for MythRoku (MythTv roku frontend) </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Roku as
a company is committed to open software and provides a Roku SDK free of charge.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Runs
other great apps for integrating your PC to your Home entertainment center (ie:
Slim Server and others)</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Cons</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">it will
only run mythTV as a front end</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">The
MythTV port is not completely done </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span>-<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>
</span></font></span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">it is
new and has a small but growing developer base for MythTV</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I use this product every day, my young
kids use this product, and we all love it.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Chris</span></font></p></div></blockquote></span></div><br>
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