[mythtv-users] Running MythTV on Tivo Series 1 hardware

[Brian Wood]

On Oct 27, 2006, at 7:13 AM, Michael Wisniewski wrote:

> I had a Series 2 Tivo, and besides the Tivo stuff, it's pretty much  
> useless.
>
> I don't know the technical terms for this, but I looked into trying  
> to make it run myth and a different flavor of linux.  It turns out  
> that you can't because of the propriety drivers for the tv in and out.
>
> You could check around on some tivo hacking message boards, but  
> last time I checked, they pretty much said that it can't be done.
>
>

Agreed. I've been down that road myself. Pull out the HDD as it's the  
only useful thing in the box and is worth more than you could get for  
the machine on EBay even though small hard drives are pretty cheap  
these days. It's big enough to hold an OS for a PC build.

I suppose you might be able to use the remote as well, you could  
record it's codes or get them from somewhere. It's a nice form factor  
remote IMHO as it feels good in the hand.