[mythtv-users] Just got my XBOX running Mythfrontend! It works great!

[JC]

Very interesting Peter!

I don't know anything about XBoxes, so here's a couple questions...

1) Could someone just make an ISO that we can all use?  I mean once we're
talking fixed hardware, couldn't we just d/l an ISO, burn to CD (or load off
n/w) and be up and running in minutes?

2) You say it's a front end, and game machine.  Is that using MythGame or
with the XBox s/w?  If Xbox, how does that work?  You dual boot to either
Myth or Xbox's o/s?

3) Would we be best off using the existing remote (does it come with one?)
and/or can we use a universal infrared like we do today?

4) You're recording at 400x288.  That's MPEG4 right?  Have you tried higher
resolutions?  Seems like as long as you're not pegging you could go higher?
I understand that higher vertical resolution pays off much more than higher
horizontal but you're the other way around (or is that how you're reporting
it - V x H?)

5) Does that guy have a 10/100 interface?

Thanks!
JC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Marriott" <peter at bms.net.au>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:04 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Just got my XBOX running Mythfrontend! It works
great!


> Hi,
>
> I have just managed to get my XBOX to run Mythfrontend!  So far I am
really
> impressed, it plays Live TV and Recorded shows just as well as my
dedicated
> backend.  Thanks to a lot of hard work by others, I now have the basis for
> what is going to be a brilliant frontend.  Ed's Xbox Debian distribution
and
> Matt Zimmerman's packages made the install reasonably painless.   Ed's
> Debian must come with accelerated video playback as the video is very
> smooth, and doesn't peg the CPU.
>
> The TV-Out quality of the Xbox looks great, except at the moment I have no
> overscan, so it does have a black border.
>
> If you have any question or comments please let me know, I'd be happy to
> help.  I am going to try to come up with some step by step instructions,
> with the hope of having this included in the standard documentation.
>
> Note:  Getting 0.8 to work was quite painless.  Getting CVS to compile
meant
> I had to dig around for dev and source packages, so it took a bit of time.
> It wasn't too bad though as Ed's Debian distro was my first exposure to
> Debian and to Apt-Get, and I managed to get it running in one day.
>
> What I am now going to work on:
> 1) Replacing WindowMaker, with another lightweight window manager, or if
> someone has a good setup for WindowMaker, I'd be happy to us it.
> 2) Getting overscan to work... (possibly with nvtv)
> 3) Getting the DVD Remote to simulate key presses.
> 4) Getting Debian to automatically logon, I don't want to have to do that
> every time I turn on the machine.
>
> A few details of what I have:
>
> Backend Hardware:
> AMD XP 1800+
> Tuner1 - Lifeview 3000
> Tuner2 - CHP05X (bt878)
> On board Sound.
>
> Backend Software:
> Gentoo
> KDE
> MythTV - CVS (as of 8 Mar 03) (also went back to 0.8 when first testing
myth
> on the XBOX)
>
> Frontend Hardware:
> XBOX v1.1  (PAL)  Australia
> ozxchip modchip  (www.ozxchip.com)
> Usb converter to enable plugging in a USB keyboard ($10AUD from
> www.ozxchip.com)
> A TV
>
> Frontend Software:
> EvoX Bios for the modchip, but any BIOS would do.
> Ed's Debian 0.3.1 (xbox-linux.sourceforge.net)
> WindowMaker (that's what ed's Debian uses by default)
> MythTv CVS (as of 8 Mar 03)  (0.8 went on first, but that lasted about an
> hour, as I now can't live without the great View Recordings screens that
> went in just after 0.8 was released)
>
> Note:  I only record at 400*288 (or something like that), so the playback
> results could vary  if you record at higher resolutions.
>
> In conclusion, in case you haven't noticed, I am extremely happy with
this,
> for $400AUS ($220US) + $50AUS (Modchip), I have a really nice MythTV
> frontend/DVD player/Games Machine.
>
> Cheers
> Peter
>
>
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