[mythtv-users] Using Xbox for a front end

[Johnny Russ]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Ben Edwards <list4me2 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I have my Xbox, a XBOX to USB cable and a memory stick the Xbox
> recognizes (512MB).  I have a copy of Splinter Cell on its way to me.
>
> What I am trying to work out is what version of Linux to use.  It
> seems to be a toss up between Xdebian or Xubuntu.
>
> My backend is running Myth 1.21 so does anyone know if there are
> mythtv packages that work with either of these distributions?
>
> Regards,
> Ben
> _______________________________________________
>

I think you need to do a little more research. The X in Xubuntu is for Xfce
(a desktop environment) and the X in Xebian is for Xbox. Xebian is a
distribution that was designed to run on the xbox hardware. It uses an older
kernel that supports the filesystem that the xbox uses, and it is striped
down to run better on the limited hardware the Xbox has. Search the list
archives for links to Xebian E images that have mythtv already installed.
That is the easiest way to get up and running with myth on an xbox. It looks
like you are going to do a soft-mod. This list isn't the place to get help
on modding your xbox. You should check out the tutorials or forums at
http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox-tutorials.php or some other xbox hacking
community.

As others have said on this list and I agree, running linux and mythfrontend
on an xbox is barely passable as an SD frontend. It takes a long time to
boot, and the menus, etc, repsond slowly. Although it isn't a full frontend
you can watch mythtv recordings in XBMC and it is much easier to setup and
much more responsive than a full linux distro will be on xbox hardware.
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