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

[Steve V]

Ok figured it out.

I was looking at recordings that I had previously made with my DVB-T card.

The X-Box works fine with SD - no good with any HD even the lower res C4 etc. That is with XBMC without Linux.

I would pretty much give the MythFrontEnd on xebian (debian for Xbox) a miss as it is very sluggish - in fact I never actually got it working, but feel that even if I did it would be an unacceptably sluggish solution.

Xbox will do as  frontend for a now, until I can build a reasonable cost frontend that can handle HD. 




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From: Steve V <olivuts at yahoo.com>
To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, 19 January, 2009 8:35:50 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Is anyone sucessfully using an XBOX as a myth frontend?


Ok just tested with a wired ethernet connection.

TV from analogue tuner card works fine.

Recordings still don't work. Either very bad stutter or total freeze - the recordings are from the analogue card.

I also have a DVB-T card and watching C4 from the DVB-T card stutters and there is no sound.




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From: Steve V <olivuts at yahoo.com>
To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, 19 January, 2009 6:21:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Is anyone sucessfully using an XBOX as a myth frontend?


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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