[mythtv-users] XBox360 to display in MythTV

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/23/2006 08:16 PM, Robert Johnston wrote:

>On 2/23/06, Raphael Pooser <rpooser at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Thomas Baker wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>The real solution you need is to play your xbox video in real time on
>>your linux box.
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>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)
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Mike