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<div>I <span class="correction" id="">haven't</span> been following this thread all the way but.. here is my $.02.<br>
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I use fedora with the <span class="correction" id="">xbox-linux</span> patches applied to the kernel (2.6.12-1.1456_<span class="correction" id="">FC4</span>). In the kernel <span class="correction" id="">config</span> file I have removed building all modules that I <span class="correction" id="">don't</span> <span class="correction" id="">foresee</span> needing e.g. Serial Devices, <span class="correction" id="">USB</span> 2.0 etc. I have also applied the <span class="correction" id="">fbsplash</span> patch to the kernel to allow graphics during the boot instead of the text console. For Mythtv I use the <span class="correction" id="">rpms</span> from at<span class="correction" id="">rpms</span> and other fedora repositories. This setup works well, I even have <span class="correction" id="">mythphone</span> running with a <span class="correction" id="">Logitech</span> <span class="correction" id="">webcam</span> and the <span class="correction" id="">spca5xx</span> drivers . I also have <span class="correction" id="">LCDProc</span>/<span class="correction" id="">mythlcd</span> running with a <span class="correction" id="">X3LCD</span> and a patch i wrote for <span class="correction" id="">LCDProc</span>. My system mounts root over <span class="correction" id="">nfs</span> but could run using a <span class="correction" id="">fatx</span> <span class="correction" id="">loopback</span> device. I run the root over <span class="correction" id="">nfs</span> to make life easier for upgrades due to the hardware limitations of the <span class="correction" id="">xbox</span>. This has been working well for me since .18. I have run <span class="correction" id="">xine</span> and <span class="correction" id="">mplayer</span> with no issues and currently have all <span class="correction" id="">plugins</span> installed from at<span class="correction" id="">rpms</span> on the <span class="correction" id="">xbox</span> except <span class="correction" id="">mythweb</span>. The only issue I have is since the upgrade to .20 it seems to take longer to display video and change channels, I upgraded my kernel at the same time and <span class="correction" id="">havent</span> had time to look i<span class="correction" id="">nto</span> the issue since the system is stable otherwise. I prefer this solution since the <span class="correction" id="">xebian</span> <span class="correction" id="">deb's</span> were always out of <span class="correction" id="">sync</span> with the fedora <span class="correction" id="">rpms</span> and my <span class="correction" id="">backend</span> is <span class="correction" id="">fc3</span> ( plan to upgrade to <span class="correction" id="">fc5</span> later this month). I can provide the patches and <span class="correction" id="">rpm</span>.spec file i currently use to get a fedora based kernel running on the <span class="correction" id="">xbox</span> if anyone would like. I am hoping to tweak the .<span class="correction" id="">config</span> file some more to have the drivers loaded i<span class="correction" id="">nto</span> the kernel instead of modules. <span class="correction" id="">Ohh</span> forgot to mention <span class="correction" id="">LIRC</span>, I have <span class="correction" id="">lirc</span> installed from the <span class="correction" id="">rpms</span> and the kernel modules were rebuilt using the spec file from at<span class="correction" id="">rpms</span> and a patch for lirc_<span class="correction" id="">atiusb</span>.<br>
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I wanted to chime in to let anyone who is thinking about using the <span class="correction" id="">xbox</span> know that it is possible to run all <span class="correction" id="">mythplugins</span> + <span class="correction" id="">mythstream</span> on the <span class="correction" id="">xbox</span>. Here is a breakdown off the top of my head on the performance of each <span class="correction" id="">plugin (my opinion)</span>.<br>
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Mythtv - Good only issue is slow to load video and <span class="correction" id="">EPG</span> since .20 upgrade<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythMusic</span> - Excellent - No Issues (I use mainly <span class="correction" id="">MP3</span>)<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythVideo</span> - Good - Slow to load video with internal player, <span class="correction" id="">Xine</span> takes 5+ seconds to load but no issues, <span class="correction" id="">mplayer</span> excellent (quick and painless)<br>
Myth<span class="correction" id="">DVD</span> - Good - I cant fully test this since my <span class="correction" id="">DVD</span> drive has issues and does not always initialize but I use <span class="correction" id="">mythvideo</span> to view ISO extracts of <span class="correction" id="">dvd's</span> with no issue except noted above.<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythStream</span> - Great - I have some custom parsers that I use regularly<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythPhone</span> - Good - <span class="correction" id="">FPS</span> is low but functioning, I <span class="correction" id="">dont</span> really use this much but hopefully when time permits. The only issue I have is the audio uses <span class="correction" id="">oss</span> so i cannot run native also for myth due to this.<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythGame</span> - Great - use <span class="correction" id="">xmame</span> and <span class="correction" id="">zsnes</span>, plan to get a Commodore 64 emulator running in the future the only issue I have is with the <span class="correction" id="">Categories</span> in the database for my <span class="correction" id="">roms</span>, I think it may have to do with the <span class="correction" id="">CRC's</span> for the <span class="correction" id="">roms</span>, not specific to the <span class="correction" id="">xbox</span> install.<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythGallery</span> - Great - <span class="correction" id="">OpenGL</span> seems to have slowed down for previous versions, this may be due to the kernel upgrade I did.<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythNews</span>/<span class="correction" id="">MythBrowser</span> - Great - Worked well last time I looked at it.<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythFlix</span> - <span class="correction" id="">Excelent</span> - Works ( I <span class="correction" id="">don't</span> have a <span class="correction" id="">netflix</span> account to test all the features) I use it to see what movies are out on <span class="correction" id="">DVD</span>.<br>
<span class="correction" id="">MythWeather</span> - Good - Aside from the data being work it is stable and does <span class="correction" id="">not</span> crash the system.<br>
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If anyone has a patch to make <span class="correction" id="">MythRecipe</span> work, that would increase the <span class="correction" id="">WAF</span> :).<br>
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Thanks<br>
Ray<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: philledwards@gmail.com<br>
To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br>
Sent: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 9:39 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] <span class="correction" id="">Xbox</span> <span class="correction" id="">frontend</span> - what features do I need<br>
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<pre><tt>> My main problem was that <span class="correction" id="">xine</span> wouldn't start consistently (it would crash on
> startup due to a sound error). It would sometimes take 3 or 4 tries to get
> it to start. I'm not sure if this is common or just a bad unit, bad build
> of <span class="correction" id="">xine</span> or what, but it finally drove me to upgrade to a real <span class="correction" id="">pc</span> <span class="correction" id="">frontend</span>.
Now that the "Internal" player supports <span class="correction" id="">DVDs</span> and menus maybe this
isn't such a problem now?
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