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

[David Lowe]

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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