SD = Standard Definition/Analog. HD = High Definition But SD can also be considered as Standard Digital which is quite notches above Standard Definition, and a few notches below HD.
AJM, did you a separate remote for the xbox ? I'm in same boat, I've one HDTV and 2 analogs. For HDTV frontend, I need a beast box (p4 3ghz+). But for analog, I'd like to get a cheaper/quiter front end. I just bought the media mvp after reading some comments about it on this mailing list. Haven't plugged it in yet. Still struggling with the backend. Media MVP doesn't run a full fledge mythtv frontend, but if all you want is watch tv/recording/music (and dont care about other stuff), then the basic mvp should be fine. For under $100 bucks, it comes with a functional remote, 10/100 ethernet port, svideo output, h/w decoder, plays mpeg2 (for mythtv only) and divx (if you run their backend on windows). But someday, someone will write a on-the-fly transcoder from mpeg2 to mpeg4 running on linux. Not advocating mvp/hijacking this thread, just there are some other options if the requirements are limited. Thanks Mudit On 5/4/05, a M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll second that Shaun. > > I'm running a ver 1.4 with a software hack, Xebian and myth 1.7. The hardest > part was getting the software hack on the xbox for me, I ended up buying a > memory card as opposed to making one. > > The second hardest was digesting the how to Doc on the xbox distro, I'm not > a Linux user... > > Shaun, what's SD? > > AJM, > > >From: "Shaun Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> > >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> > >Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Xbox Versions > >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:18:51 -0600 > > > >Mark, > > > >Why did you do a hardware hack for you where just going to run it as a > >front-end? > > > >I have 5 Xboxes running now all with Xebian, each runs very well with SD > >video (forget HD). My suggestion would be to pick one up used, this is how > >I bought mine and thus did not have to stress as much about the version. > > > >Shaun > > > >________________________________ > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mark Knecht > >Sent: Wed 5/4/2005 10:34 AM > >To: Discussion about mythtv > >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Xbox Versions > > > > > > > >Calvin, > > I'm am currently going through XBox mod hell. I wouldn't recommend > >this to anyone feint of heart. > > > > There are at least 7 versions of the XBox, starting with 1.0, 1.1, > >1.2, ..., 1.6. There is also (apparently) a 'sub-version' of 1.6 > >called 1.6b. There are also a truly scary number of possibly mod > >chips. Choose one carefully. I'm using the cheapest. It would likely > >had been OK if it came preinstalled with the Cromwell BIOS. Some of > >them do. I suggest looking for that. > > > > I purchased a new XBox last Friday for a Myth frontend machine. I > >knew it would be difficult. I won't be heartbroken if it doesn't work. > >Here's the status so far. > > > > I got the XBox modified by a nice guy here in San Jose. He > >installed a DuoX2 chip and put some sort of bootable BIOS on it. I had > >been able to boot GentooX and Gentoo-XBox after that work was done. > >After looking at Xebian, GentooX, Gentoo-xbox I finally decided that > >since I use Gentoo elsewhere I'd go with Gentoo-Xbox. All the > >instructions said I needed the Cromwell BIOS so I tried doing that > >with raincoat. Raincoat loaded the Cromwell BIOS, but then the machine > >wouldn't boot from the DuoX2 anymore. It will still boot with the M$ > >BIOS. > > > > So far I'm out $150 for the machine, $25 for the IR/remote, $50 for > >the mod chip + install and it doesn't work. That's $250. Probably I'll > >get it fixed and running sometime this week but it's certainly not > >painless so far. ;-) (Mostly my own making I'm sure.) > > > > My one comment about the XBox is that it's not silent. The fan in > >them makes about as much noise as an older VCR when recording. This > >makes me wonder if I'll leave it turned on and ready for use or > >whether I'll end up turning i toff and seldom using it. > > > > Based on a fairly gloomy Monday morning my thought today, knowing > >what little I know right now, is that I'd double the cost to $500 and > >build something that's both based on a standard PC architecture and > >BIOS as well as fanless and completely silent. > > > > So far it's an interesting (if depressing) use of time and I'm not > >sure I'm going to enjoy the box when I get it done. Not a great > >report. Go here only if you like this sort of thing. > > > > We'll see. > > > >- Mark > > > >On 5/4/05, Calvin Harrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been looking for an economical way of setting up a couple > > > frontends. I currently run a combo be/fe which has served me well for > > > over a year. I though perhaps getting a couple used XBoxes would be a > > > decent route. I've been skimming the archives and one thing that keeps > > > popping up is a discussion/mention of versioning on the XBox. What is > > > the easiest version of the XBox to mod to allow it to run mythtv? Does > > > it require a hardware modification? How do the xboxes perform > > > displaying SD TV encoded at 480x480? Any comments? Thanks for the feed > > > back. > > > > > > Calvin > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >mythtv-users@mythtv.org > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > ><< winmail.dat >> > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >mythtv-users@mythtv.org > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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