[mythtv-users] XBox360 to display in MythTV

[Robert Johnston]

On 2/23/06, Raphael Pooser <rpooser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thomas Baker wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I currently have an Xbox360 plugged into my capture card via S-Video.
> > In the past I would use TvTime to display the Xbox on the screen by
> > changing the input connection to S-Video.  How do I do this in MythTV,
> > or even better, what is the best way to integrate the xbox with my myth
> > setup.  A few things to keep in mind.  My display is a ginormous
> > monitor, not a television (anyone remember the gateway destination
> > systems?) so I cannot plug the xbox directly into the display.  I'd like
> > it so that I pretty much never have to exit myth for any entertainment
> > functions.
> >
> >
> Understood, but mythtv live TV using the svideo input is not going to
> work the same as TVtime for you.  In myth, you're always going to be
> watching on your screen about 1 to 2 seconds behind what is actually
> happening on your xbox (or 1-2 seconds behind a live TV broadcast) at
> the least.  This is because of the TV on demand functionality.
> Because of this, games will be unplayable using the s video connector
> and myth's live TV.  That said, the way to access the connector is
> simple.  This info is provided for your benefit in terms of knowledge
> only; again your xbox will be playing ahead of what you see on the
> screen this way.  Inside mythtv-setup, you need to define all the
> connectors on your card and then associate them with a source.  Like the
> coax input would get associated with a cable TV signal.  You then would
> have the option of defining the composite and svideo input on the same
> root option screen.  Most likely when you set it up the first time you
> only configured TV input.  At any rate, then within myth it's easy to
> change connectors while watching live TV.  There's a keyboard shortcut
> for it; but I forgot what it is as I have it bound to a key on the
> remote.  Check the docs at mythtv.org for the key bindings.
>
> The real solution you need is to play your xbox video in real time on
> your linux box.  To do that without exiting myth, you most likely would
> need to use the mythvideo plugin, and then set up a command line
> argument to grab the output of the svideo connector for the video file.
> So the command line would need two parts, one along the lines of "cat
> /dev/video1 > videofilename" or whatever and the second part needs
> something like
> mplayer /directory_wheremythvideo_looks_for_video/videofilename
> cat /dev/video1 > videofilename | mplayer
> /directory_wheremythvideo_looks_for_video/videofilename
> something like that. google will help you get there, or tell you if it's
> even possible.  Or someone more knowledgible will come respond and put
> what I said in more exact terms.
> At any rate, don't they make a vga connector for the xbox that outputs
> HD resolution?  If so that would probably work on your big monitor.
> Raphael

I believe there's actually a command you can use from the Myth menu
XML to allocate a tuner and launch an external TV app (TVTime, or
XVidTune). Google, in this instance, is your friend (Though not mine,
it seems)
--
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston