[mythtvnz] Is anyone sucessfully using an XBOX as a myth frontend?

[Steve V]

I thought the MythTV frontend might be a bit sluggish.

I am using homeplug units for my ethernet connection between the front and backends. They are supposed to be higher throughput than wireless, but I don't know. I will test with a wired ethernet connection and see how that goes. 





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From: David Lowe <david at thistledown.co.nz>
To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, 19 January, 2009 5:34:26 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Is anyone sucessfully using an XBOX as a myth frontend?

I have an Xbox working OK. I gave up on the MythTV frontend very early
on (it was just too sluggish) and installed XBMC. Live TV is prone to occasional crashes if you try to rewind, but recordings are
fine.  There's a difference in stability when I'm playing stuff recorded off the analgue card versus digital freeview programmes (analogue is more stable) but its not a major issue. Dont try HD.

If you can tell me what settings you are unsure about, I'll try to help. I guess 'stuttering' could be due to anything wrong on the network connection. And I think everything is streamed directly from the backend so if the backend is stressed out, you might get problems.



On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Steve V <olivuts at yahoo.com> wrote:

I have attempted to set up an XBOX as a myth frontend.

I have tried to use Myth-frontend on xebian - I get database connection and menus, but if I select watch live Tv or a recoring all I get is a blue screen.

I also tried using XBMC (no linux) and though I can play live TV and recordings both are very stuttered. I can put an AVI file on the Myth-backend PC and patch it on the XBOX using XBMC without any performance issues.

I am using a plain old Analogue card (PVR500) to recieve and to record from.

Love to hear from someone who has this working in NZ and to hear what setting you are using.

Cheers

Steve

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