[mythtv-users] xbox recommendations

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Mon Jan 22 18:12:25 UTC 2007


I'm also running a softmodded Xbox with XBMC as the dashboard. I did it via
these instructions:

http://www.productwiki.com/microsoft_xbox/article/how_to_go_from_xbox_to_xbox_media_center_in_30_minutes.html

...And I've done five so far. The last one I modded was for my landlady and
took less than ten minutes start to  finish. I haven't used XMBCMyth in a
few months, but the last version I used was _decent_. It's a python script,
so  viewing live tv is a little annoying - Each channel shows up sort of
like its own web link.

I know others have commented, I just wanted to throw my two cents in there.

Matt

On 1/22/07, A JM <vbtalent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/22/07, Brent <brent at brentnorris.net> wrote:
> > Jeremy Warren wrote:
> > > http://www.xbox-scene.com/ is a great place to learn xbox modding,
> > > the forums and guides are pretty useful.
> > >
> > > Me I personally use an application on the xbox called xbox media
> > > center in conjunction with a modchip (xecuter 2 modchip - about $40,
> > > software is under some sort of GPL license)
> > >
> > > There is a plugin for XBMC that works as a slim down frontend for
> > > myth - more information can be found at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/
> > > index.php/Xbox_Frontend, it works pretty well.
> > >
> > > You are correct that the xbox is unable to play back HD content (at
> > > least i have had limited success) it just does not have the
> horsepower.
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > > On Jan 21, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Joe Votour wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> I've have the DMS X-B.I.T. modchip in my XBox (a 1.1).  I'm not sure
> > >> if it's available anymore, but it supports flashing a BIOS via USB,
> > >> with the XBox turned off.  It also segments the chip (a 2MB, I think)
> > >> so that you can have multiple BIOS' available, selectable via DIP
> > >> switches.
> > >>
> > >> It's how I loaded Cromwell into my XBox when I was booting into
> > >> Linux with it.
> > >>
> > >> Some of the modchips use a method like this, some of them use special
> > >> software that runs on the XBox itself.  In any case, you shouldn't
> > >> need to do the softmod, so there's no particular versions of games
> > >> needed.
> > >>
> > >> Also, this allows you to revert back to the original XBox BIOS should
> > >> you need to.
> > >>
> > >> I don't think that the XBox is capable of playing back HD captured
> > >> content (I haven't tried it myself though), and the XBox remote does
> > >> work under Linux, but the number of buttons is limiting.  I found it
> > >> easier to use a OneForAll remote setup to look like the XBox, and
> find
> > >> EFCs for extra buttons.
> > >>
> > >> -- Joe
> > >>
> > >> Quoting Jack Madison <jack at webhouse.cc>:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 14:25 -0700, kim gross wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> The mod chip makes it the easiest to install linux, but since you
> > >>>> are
> > >>>> not interested in being able to play xbox games I would suggest
> just
> > >>>> flashing the bios on your xbox to cromwell that way it can boot
> > >>>> straight
> > >>>> into linux.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> A good place to look for more info on xbox linux  is xbox-linux.org
> > >>>> They have howto's on how to flash the bios with cromwell, some
> > >>>> howto's
> > >>>> on installing mod chips etc.  I personally have no experience
> > >>>> with the
> > >>>> soft mods.
> > I personally have two soft modded Xboxs that I use for Frontends.  I run
> > XBMC, and XBMCmythtv on them and it works really good.  I think it is
> > way more responsive than than booting into Linux and running the front
> > end.  XBMC will play HDTV HR Xvids like you would grab off of a torrent
> > site or something and they look really good.  Since that is the only
> > thing I use to watch MythTV recordings I would like to have my BE
> > transcode them down from OTA HD to HR Xvids, and just change the file
> > that gets played in the DB, but I don't have that working yet.
> >
> > Soft mods are cake anymore, if you can find one of those games.  They
> > are forever old, so that might decrease the chances you will be able to
> > find them, but it will also increase the chances that you can find one
> > cheap.  I actually just keep one around in case I need to mod an Xbox.
> >
> > Hardware Mods are tougher, or maybe it is better to just say more
> > stressful.  I have done them though on machines that had some bad piece
> > of hardware that I could circumvent by chipping it.
> >
> > Brent
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> I've also soft modded an Xbox and would agree that once the save
> process has been completed using one of the games. I'm able to play
> both XBOX games and MAME games, I didn't need to break out the
> soldering iron but I did open it to install a larger hard drive which
> needs to be specifically setup for an Xbox.
>
> It works rather well as a front end, it's a bit slow in the menu
> department and it doesn't do HD only SD,  otherwise it's inexpensive
> and redily available. Just my 2 cent's worth...
>
> Has anyone installed ubuntu on an XBOX???
>
> Brent,
>
> "I run XBMC, and XBMCmythtv on them and it works really good."
>
> What features are not available from Myth using XBMC??
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