[mythtv-users] Myth on WD HDTV Media Player for $99

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 10 October 2009 07:44:46 Michelle Dupuis wrote:
> I saw a Western Digital HDTV Media Player advertised for $99.  Has anyone
> attempted to get Myth up and running on this?  My wiki search turned up
> empty

If it's the one I saw it doesn't have a network port. There are similar units 
that fall into the "Networked Media Tank" category, Popcorn Hour being one, 
Myka being another, that do have networking capability. There's also the $99 
Netflix box made by Roku, that might be hackable.

I'm not aware of anyone getting a Myth F/E running on any of this sort of 
hardware. I'd like to get a F/E working on my Myka unit, it seems to have the 
best chance since it runs from the hard drive, so I won't have to fool with 
flashing a new image etc. Most of these units use a Sigma chip for decoding, 
and I think hardware decoding is the way to go, the Broadcom Crystal HD looks 
promising. VDPAU is a halfway measure towards true hardware decoding, but 
more is possible without the complicated driver and RAM requirements.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org