On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:22:48 -0000, George Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) I plan on buying a second hand XBOX and putting Linux on it to run > > MythTV as a Front End to the rest of my system > > > Q.1 Wondered if I could get a Webcam working with the XBOX (nice to > > have!) > > The XBox features 4 USB ports, so a USB webcam would work (with an adapter > which is a passive, easily home-made job) > > > Q.2 Would anyone suggest anythign better as a Front End Server other > > than the xBox? > > Those new Mini Macs look like a very tempting alternative. If I wanted a > frontend, I would start looking there > Having said that, the TV out on the XBox (on a RGB scart lead) is first > class. > > > Q.3 If anyone has put Myth on Linux on and Xbox... Could they contact me > > so I could discuss the implementaiton and gotchas etc!! > > It takes AGES to compile on the xbox, as it only has 64 meg of ram. I found > it needed LOADS of swapspace (think a gig or so) to compile myth. > Also, I had very bad luck with Xebian, and better luck with GentooX > > > Looking forward to an excitign few months... > > Have fun > > g > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
There *is* a compiled kit for XBOX out there already based on Xebian... the site was defaced (shortly after I posted the link last time here), and my link is no longer current. Anyone got a link to Dennis' new location ?
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