[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend on a Wii - ever posible?

[Brian Wood]

On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Christopher Friend wrote:

> Ok this one is way out there but, would there even be any  
> possibility of
> running a mythtv frontend on the new Nintendo Wii games console?
>
> Im guessing it's obviously possible on the PS3 with it's Linux  
> support,
> I think it's possible on an Xbox (at least some media center app  
> is...)
> and therefore maybe also a 360 (like I can be bothered to check...)  
> but
> as a Wii is the only console I can even be bothered to think about
> getting (for a ~£500 ps3 I can just get another pc) I was just  
> wondering
> if I'd ever be able to stream or otherwise access content from my  
> PC to
> it, and then thought "wouldn't it be great if..." but afaik there's no
> ability to boot seperate OSs on it, and therefore run mythtv.  
> Anyway, if
> any one knows any better, like "no, no one'll ever use it for much  
> more
> than a games machine" then err.. feel free to dash my hopes  
> completely :oP


I doubt that it would work very well on the PS3. Although there is a  
Linux release for the PS3 from Terrasoft (The Yellow Dog folks) it  
does not support any sort of video acceleration, it just treats the  
video hardware as a dumb frame buffer.

This has caused a lot of lamentation on the YDL list, and the  
situation may change in time, but I wouldn't count on it any time  
soon as the video is under control of the HyperVisor so even a  
solution similar to the present nVidia binary blobs is unlikely.

I would expect it to happen shortly after nVidia releases the source  
code for it's present video drivers, otherwise known as a cold day  
in ...  :-)