[mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

[Brad Bitterman]

The Moxi set-top uses a custom chip designed by Digeo to decode HDTV. The
via chip is on a host processor used to run the application.....

- Brad

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From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Vincent K. Britton
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:18 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

Jarod,

I have been told before that the VIA's couldn't decode HDTV, however this
Moxi obviously does.  

I imagine that this is due to some of the kernel customizations?  Any idea
as to how we could get a mythtv distribution to decode HDTV encodings on
this hardware?

Vince

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From: Jarod C. Wilson [mailto:jcw at wilsonet.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:08 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

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On Tuesday 04 May 2004 10:37, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > I don't know about digeo or how it works,  I couldn't see anything about
> > redistributing shows over the internet on their webpage, but if they do
> > perhaps they redistribute *with* commercials still in.  I'm sure they
> > have agreements with all the networks involved.  As HBO/Showtime are not
> > commercial supported I doubt they can redistribute shows on those
> > networks.
>
> As far as I know, Moxie (digeo's device) works just like myth does.
> Server records, client plays.  No transmission of shows over the
> internet, etc., nothing illegal about it.  Although it seems to only
> support one "slave" client box (hard to tell from the info).

Digeo's boxes have conditional access chips in 'em. They're actually
Motorola 
boxes, and use much of the same parts as the DCT series of cable boxes. They

have dual tuners that do all video encoding in hardware (mpeg2), and a 
playback device that decodes in hardware as well. Just about all the chips 
are Broadcom. The processor in the box is a mere VIA C3 @ 733MHz, coupled 
with 128MB of RAM. Their UI kicks ass too.

And no, they don't transmit shows over the Internet. But yes, they can be
set 
up to work with a slave box. Technically speaking, it would be easily 
possible to connect multiple slaves, but I do believe they've placed a limit

on that. They don't come with any wireless transmitter, but it may be an 
option you can add. There's an onboard Ethernet port though, and the thing 
can function as your cable modem also.

Oh, and the actual underlying OS is a heavily modified Red Hat Linux 7.3
(very 
customized 2.4.20 kernel, an assortment of proprietary software, etc). We 
were doing a bunch of work on them at my previous job, so I've hacked around

the internals of these things quite a bit. I know a few things about how to 
get files on and off of them, add misc other hardware, etc... ;-)

- -- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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