[mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

Reza Naima reza at reza.net
Thu Oct 13 06:50:11 UTC 2005


Sorry; please disregard.
-r

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 11:30:21PM -0700, Reza Naima sent me this...
> Does anyone know if the video player will play mpeg4 transcoded video in
> nupple format?
> 
> Thnx,
> Reza
> 
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 07:56:33AM -0400, bill peck sent me this...
> > On 10/11/05, MythTV <mythtv at pearsall.us> wrote:
> > >
> > > Do you need the Photobridge HD (HD1500) or is the HD1000 OK? The main
> > > difference I see is the HD1500 has 128MB RAM and the HD1000 is 64MB, but
> > > not
> > > sure if that is much a limitation.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Todd
> > 
> > 
> > The HD1000 and HD1500 are the same model except the 1500 comes with some art
> > packs. The 128 MB your talking about is only available in the REV B models.
> > I don't think any of the older REV A models are around anymore anyway. So
> > you should be good to go. If you are buying in a store then you can look on
> > the bottom of the box (or unit) where it will say REV B.
> > 
> > And I'm using it as a frontend to Myth. I'm using it to watch HD on my SD
> > Sony Wega Tv. It downscales 1080i to 480i beautifully. Hopefully soon I can
> > get a proper HD set.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Gackstatter
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:38 PM
> > > To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> > > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless
> > > solution
> > >
> > > I run MythRoku on a Roku Photobridge HD. What is there is easy to install
> > > and works great. MythRoku can use some more work but it is the only HiDef
> > > solution out there. Right now MythRoku only plays recorded shows and you
> > > can pause live TV. You will need a front end on another machine to
> > > schedule
> > > recordings and you can not rewind or FF live TV. This will come with Time
> > > and more people working on the port.
> > >
> > > I will say this I implemented MythTV because of the Roku. I did not want
> > > the noisy box in my media room.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brad Fuller
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:01 AM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless
> > > solution
> > >
> > > Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> > >
> > > > One frontend I've been looking into is the "Roku Photobridge HD" (
> > > > http://www.rokulabs.com/products/photobridge/index.php ). It's a
> > > > media player for HDTV's. It is Linux based, and has a hardware MPEG2
> > > > decoder onboard. They encourage open source developement on their
> > > > platform, and someone has ported the MythTV frontend.
> > > >
> > > > He has made some big improvements lately, and I'm thinking of picking
> > > > up the Roku box to give it a try. Check out "mythroku" at
> > > > http://mythroku.blogspot.com/
> > >
> > > Do you know what mpeg2 decoder chip they use? I didn't see the info at the
> > > site.
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> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Bill Peck
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