[mythtv-users] Possible Front End Idea?

[Christopher Meredith]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:24 AM,  <mythtvusers at markgarland.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've only just spotted this on my email and haven't given it a great deal
> of research, but my first thought was "hm, wonder if this could be used as
> a front end in some way".
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132755/
>
> For £40, it says it can stream "High Definition Content" in 1080i over a
> network.  It also looks compact and I'll assume quiet.
> If honest, for the money, I'm not sure I could build a front end for that.
>
> I'm just not sure how I'd connect it to myth.  It could get a bit messy
> there.  Perhaps some sort of script to output recordings and rename them as
> per
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Periodic_Maintenance#mythrename.pl
> could be used.
> Hm, I wonder if you could get inside it and put your own OS on there...
>
> What do you guys think, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
>
> No affiliation to either ebuyer or ZyXEL.

There's a review here:

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/30085/review/zyxel_dma1000_digital_media_theater.html

I haven't read any specs, but the review implies that it *may* be
picky about file/container formats. There's also some concern about
sound.