[mythtv-users] possible (really cheap) frontend?? will this work?

Gordon McCrae gordon.mccrae at googlemail.com
Sun Aug 3 18:01:04 UTC 2008


Brian Wood wrote:
> Gordon McCrae wrote:
>   
>> MediaMVP is a very minimal MythTV frontend (I have three I no longer use).
>>
>> Biggest hit is having to keep everything in mpeg2 format, as the divx 
>> workarounds don't scale well, also you don't get all the functionality 
>> of MythTV.
>>
>> I'm currently running Wyse V50 thin client (Via C3 1Ghz) quite happily.
>>   
>>     
> Have you blown a Linux kernel into your V50? Some of the Compaq Evo thin
> clients are actually Wyse units, and I've been wondering what to do with
> a couple of them that were given to me.
>
> beww
>
>   
Booting Linux off of USB device, they have a standard BIOS that allows 
USB stick, external drives etc. to boot.

Quite happily runs SD content, even allows some MAME games to run and 
firefox etc.

Cheers
Gordon


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