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| + | {{Warning box|The Apple TV is built using a 1GHz Pentium M, a GeForce 7300, and 256MB of memory. The limited processor, and graphics only capable of XvMC, mean this unit will only have enough power for standard definition content. Lower bitrate HD MPEG2 may be possible, but not advised. Further, the limited amount of memory may result in UI responsiveness issues.}} | ||
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= Purpose = | = Purpose = | ||
| − | The purpose of this guide will be to instruct you on how to install Myth Frontend onto an Apple TV using Gentoo Linux without having to crack open your Apple TV and voiding your warranty. We will also back up your Apple TV drive so you can restore it if you need to RMA it for any reason. | + | The purpose of this guide will be to instruct you on how to install Myth Frontend onto an [[Apple TV]] using [[Gentoo#Gentoo|Gentoo]] Linux without having to crack open your Apple TV and voiding your warranty. We will also back up your Apple TV drive so you can restore it if you need to RMA it for any reason. |
Portions of this guide can be used as a basis for installing other Linux distro's as well as instruct on what modifications may be needed to resolve certain issues. | Portions of this guide can be used as a basis for installing other Linux distro's as well as instruct on what modifications may be needed to resolve certain issues. | ||
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I recommend a 1GB USB thumb drive that you can store someplace safe afterwards. The extra space is to allow us to store the stage and portage tar.bz2’s durring the install process. You can however use a 512MB drive | I recommend a 1GB USB thumb drive that you can store someplace safe afterwards. The extra space is to allow us to store the stage and portage tar.bz2’s durring the install process. You can however use a 512MB drive | ||
| − | For this we will be using atv-bootloader. It can be located [http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/ here]. | + | For this we will be using [[atv-bootloader]]. It can be located [http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/ here]. |
You will need a machine with linux already installed. Your Kernel must either have HFS built into it or modular. | You will need a machine with linux already installed. Your Kernel must either have HFS built into it or modular. | ||
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Zero the hard disk first (well, at least the first 8GB) and be sure you get the device path right!: | Zero the hard disk first (well, at least the first 8GB) and be sure you get the device path right!: | ||
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Set the partition type | Set the partition type | ||
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Personally I am running on gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r8. There may be newer kernels out there by the time someone uses this guide. | Personally I am running on gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r8. There may be newer kernels out there by the time someone uses this guide. | ||
| − | wget http://users.net1plus.com/bonkote/config-2.6.24.3.zip | + | wget http://users.net1plus.com/bonkote/MythTV/config-2.6.24.3.zip |
cd /usr/src | cd /usr/src | ||
unzip config-2.6.24.3 | unzip config-2.6.24.3 | ||
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Now we update the boot disk MBR: | Now we update the boot disk MBR: | ||
| − | dd if=tmp/mbr_fast-1.0.bin of=/dev/ | + | dd if=tmp/mbr_fast-1.0.bin of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 |
== Booting == | == Booting == | ||
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Section "Extensions" | Section "Extensions" | ||
Option "Composite" "Disable" | Option "Composite" "Disable" | ||
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sudo nvidia-settings -a GPUOverclockingState=1 | sudo nvidia-settings -a GPUOverclockingState=1 | ||
| − | sudo nvidia-settings -a GPU2DClockFreqs=200, | + | # nVidia drivers 177 and up lowered the max ClockFreq to 720. Older versions can use 800. |
| + | sudo nvidia-settings -a GPU2DClockFreqs=200,720 | ||
#irexec & | #irexec & | ||
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I have not set this up yet. There are instructions on how to do this [http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/InstallGentooVer1 here], which is where alot of this guide started. I just rewrote sections based on using the patchstick as opposed to gutting the machine and connecting the HDD to another machine. Also some of the issues that the original writer ran into have been fixed in this writeup. | I have not set this up yet. There are instructions on how to do this [http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/InstallGentooVer1 here], which is where alot of this guide started. I just rewrote sections based on using the patchstick as opposed to gutting the machine and connecting the HDD to another machine. Also some of the issues that the original writer ran into have been fixed in this writeup. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:06, 16 January 2011
Note: These instructions are for the original Apple TV. Not the second generation unit released at the end of 2010.
Warning: The Apple TV is built using a 1GHz Pentium M, a GeForce 7300, and 256MB of memory. The limited processor, and graphics only capable of XvMC, mean this unit will only have enough power for standard definition content. Lower bitrate HD MPEG2 may be possible, but not advised. Further, the limited amount of memory may result in UI responsiveness issues.
Contents
Purpose
The purpose of this guide will be to instruct you on how to install Myth Frontend onto an Apple TV using Gentoo Linux without having to crack open your Apple TV and voiding your warranty. We will also back up your Apple TV drive so you can restore it if you need to RMA it for any reason.
Portions of this guide can be used as a basis for installing other Linux distro's as well as instruct on what modifications may be needed to resolve certain issues.
Creating the USB patchstick
I recommend a 1GB USB thumb drive that you can store someplace safe afterwards. The extra space is to allow us to store the stage and portage tar.bz2’s durring the install process. You can however use a 512MB drive
For this we will be using atv-bootloader. It can be located here.
You will need a machine with linux already installed. Your Kernel must either have HFS built into it or modular.
1. Install the patched parted version. Instructions are here.
2. Obtain a copy of boot.efi. Follow this guide here.
3. This guide assumes the device at "/dev/sdb" is the pen drive so remember to adjust this to match your device setup or very bad things will happen.
# zero the initial sectors sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 count=1M # sync the system disk partition tables sudo partprobe /dev/sdb # create the GPT format sudo parted -s /dev/sdb mklabel gpt # create just a recovery partition sudo parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary HFS 40s 69671s sudo parted -s /dev/sdb set 1 atvrecv on # sync the system disk partition tables sudo partprobe /dev/sdb # Verify that it looks fine and the atvrecv flag is set sudo parted -s /dev/sdg unit s print Model: CBM Flash Disk (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 2015744s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 40s 69671s 69632s primary atvrecv Format this partition hfsplus # format it sudo mkfs.hfsplus -v Recovery /dev/sdb1 # mount it mkdir penboot sudo mount /dev/sdb1 penboot # download atv-bootloader (recovery.tar.gz) and install it wget http://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-0.6.tar.gz sudo tar -xzf recovery-0.6.tar.gz sudo cp -arp recovery/* penboot/ Remember to copy boot.efi to penboot/ sudo cp -ap boot.efi penboot/
Override the normal auto boot sequence as we need to get into a command-line enviroment and get telnetd started. Edit "penboot/com.apple.Boot.plist" on the recovery partition and change the atv-boot parameter from "auto"
<string>atv-boot=auto video=vesafb</string>
to "none"
<string>atv-boot=none video=vesafb</string>
Unmount the disk and we are done building atv-bootloader on a USB pen disk.
sudo umount penboot
4. Now that we have the atv-bootloader installed let’s make a partition to backup the apple tv drive to.
sudo parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary ext3 69672s 501725s # check it sudo parted -s /dev/sdg unit s print Model: CBM Flash Disk (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 2015744s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 40s 69671s 69632s hfs+ primary atvrecv 2 69672s 501725s 432054s primary # sync the system disk partition tables sudo partprobe /dev/sdb
# format this partition ext3 sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2
5. Lets format the rest of the drive to store the install tar.bz2
sudo parted -s /dev/sdb mkpart primary ext3 501726s 2015710s sudo parted -s /dev/sdg unit s print Model: CBM Flash Disk (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 2015744s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 40s 69671s 69632s hfs+ primary atvrecv 2 69672s 501725s 432054s ext3 primary 3 501726s 2015710s 1513985s primary # sync the system disk partition tables sudo partprobe /dev/sdb # format this partition ext3 sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb3
# mount the drive and copy the Stage file and Portage snapshot to it. mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/usb wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/x86/current/stages/stage3-x86-2007.0.tar.bz2 wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2 # also you will need your resolv.conf file from a working machine as I would not trust the one from the patchstick at the moment. cp /etc/resolv.conf ./
DNS is broken on the atv-bootloader, v0.6, at the moment. This will be fixed in a future release. once you chroot into your stage however this point is moot.
# copy the boot.efi and recovery-0.6.tar.gz to as well. cp /path to/boot.efi ./ cp /path to/recovery-0.6.tar.gz ./ # download the MBR which will be needed later to make the dist bootable. wget http://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/mbr_fast-1.0.bin
Backing up your Apple TV
Boot the AppleTV using the USB pen disk. You have to force a "Recovery Boot" by holding "menu" and "-" buttons down on the Apple IR remote either during power-up or when the AppleTV OS is running.
You should see the kernel boot messages, the ifconfig dump and then a login prompt. Either login (user=root, password=root) using a USB keyboard or telnet in using the listed IP addresses. vi, nano, and tar are present as well as the parted and hfs tools for creating AppleTV GPT format partitions.
Nothing is mounted so make two mount points and mount the second partition of the USB flash drive on one and the "Recovery" partition on the internal PATA disk on the other. Clone the contents of "Recovery" to our backup partition. You don't have to copy the contents of "EFI" as there is nothing to copy. That correct, "EFI" is empty. Note that we fsck.hfsplus the "Recovery" partition even though it will be mounted read only.
mkdir src dst # mount the destination, we don't need to fsck as this is an ext3 partition mount /dev/sdb2 dst # mount the source fsck.hfsplus /dev/sda2 mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 src cp -arp src/* dst/ # force a disk buffer flush sync umount src dst # clean up by removing the mount points rmdir src dst
Run "parted" and make a copy of the original partitioning for the internal PATA disk. If we alter the original partitioning, the internal PATA disk can be re-partitioned back to the original later using this copy as a guide. Copy this to the first partition of the USB flash drive for safe keeping.
mkdir tmp # mount fsck.hfsplus /dev/sdb1 mount /dev/sdb1 tmp parted -s /dev/sda unit s print > tmp/org_gtp.txt
Check the file using "cat tmp/org_gtp.txt", for a 40GB disk it should look something like this.
Model: FUJITSU K00FT7125M1W (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 78140160s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 40s 69671s 69632s fat32 EFI boot 2 69672s 888823s 819152s hfs+ Recovery atvrecv 3 888824s 2732015s 1843192s hfs+ OSBoot 4 2732016s 77878015s 75146000s hfs+ Media
umount tmp # clean up by removing the mount points rmdir tmp
When we are finished you should lable this thumb drive and store it somewhere safe/ So you dont lose it or overwrite this inforamtion. You may need it to RMA the Apple TV at some point. I'm not saying to expect to have to, but just in case. If you want, you can also tar and gzip the contents of the "backup" partition on the USB flash drive to another location. That was quick and painless.
If you ever need to restore this inforamtion to your internal drive follow the guide here.
Installing Gentoo
Partitioning
Zero the hard disk first (well, at least the first 8GB) and be sure you get the device path right!:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4096 count=2M
Set the partition type
parted -s /dev/sda mklabel gpt
Now create the partitions themselves, and their attributes.
parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary fat32 40s 25M parted -s /dev/sda set 1 boot on parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary HFS 25M 50M parted -s /dev/sda set 2 atvrecv on parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary HFS 50M 75M parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext3 75M 158.9GB parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary linux-swap 158.9GB 160.0GB
If you like, you can now check the partitioning:
parted /dev/sda print
Check that the partition sizes look sane, and that the first two partitions have the right flags. On my system, the output looks like this:
Model: SAMSUNG HM160JC (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 160GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 20.5kB 25.0MB 25.0MB primary boot 2 25.0MB 50.0MB 25.0MB primary atvrecv 3 50.0MB 75.0MB 25.0MB primary 4 75.0MB 159GB 159GB primary 5 159GB 160GB 1142MB primary
Filesystems
Now we format each partition appropriately:
mkfs.msdos -F 32 -n EFI /dev/sda1 mkfs.hfsplus -v Recovery /dev/sda2 mkfs.hfsplus -v OSBoot /dev/sda3 mkfs.ext3 -L gentoo /dev/sda4 mkswap /dev/sda5
Now we mount the partitions and install the bootloader files.
mkdir tmp mount /dev/sdb3 tmp mkdir OSBoot mount /dev/sda3 OSBoot mkdir Recovery mount /dev/sda2 Recovery tar -xzf tmp/recovery-0.6.tar.gz cp -arp recovery/* /mnt/OSBoot/ cp -arp recovery/* /mnt/Recovery/ cp -ap tmp/boot.efi /mnt/OSBoot cp -ap tmp/boot.efi /mnt/Recovery umount /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3
Mount and create your Gentoo system
mkdir gentoo mount /dev/sda4 gentoo cd gentoo tar -xjf ../tmp/stage3-x86-2007.0.tar.bz2 tar -xjf ../tmp/portage-latest.tar.bz2 -C ./usr/
Set up DNS as well as mount points, and then enter our new environment:
cp -L ../tmp/resolv.conf etc/resolv.conf cd .. mount -t proc none gentoo/proc mount -o bind /dev gentoo/dev swapon /dev/sda5 chroot gentoo /bin/bash env-update source /etc/profile emerge --sync --quiet
Using nano, edit "/etc/make.conf" to look like this, but take note to suit the mirror settings to suit your own situation:
CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
USE="bluetooth"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/gentoo"
SYNC="rsync://mirror.internode.on.net/gentoo-portage"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
LIRC_DEVICES="macmini"
Edit "/etc/conf.d/clock" to have the correct settings for CLOCK and TIMEZONE.
And then set up a symlink for your timezone:
cd /etc ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/YourCountry/YourCity localtime
Building your Kernel
Personally I am running on gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r8. There may be newer kernels out there by the time someone uses this guide.
wget http://users.net1plus.com/bonkote/MythTV/config-2.6.24.3.zip cd /usr/src unzip config-2.6.24.3 emerge -v =gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r8 genkernel genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/config-2.6.24.3 all cd /boot ln -s System.map-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r8 System.map ln -s initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r8 initramfs ln -s kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r8 kernel
Update the system
At this point, it is recommended that you refer to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml to fix anything that might be confused by the change in CHOST. In short, this is what I did (note that this take a long time):
emerge -v1 binutils gcc glibc etc-update env-update && source /etc/profile
Then, update the rest of the system, note that we're now building things with the toolchain optimised for our architecture:
emerge -v -D --update system etc-update emerge -v -D --update world etc-update
Tweaking
Configure some other aspects of the system:
passwd emerge syslog-ng vixie-cron slocate dhcp rc-update add syslog-ng default rc-update add vixie-cron default
Using nano, edit /etc/fstab so that the 'guts' looks like this:
/dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
If you plan to use sound, edit "/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6" and add these three lines:
snd-hda-intel snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss
Make sure that networking is enabled on bootup:
emerge dhcp rc-update add net.eth0 default
Install the bootloader (Grub):
emerge -v grub
Edit "/boot/grub/grub.conf" to look like this:
default 0 timeout 30 splashimage=(hd0,3)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Gentoo Linux 2.6.24-r8 root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda4 udev initrd /boot/initramfs
Exit the chroot environment:
exit cd umount gentoo/proc umount -l gentoo/dev umount gentoo
MBR
Now we update the boot disk MBR:
dd if=tmp/mbr_fast-1.0.bin of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
Booting
Remove the USB connection from the HDD, and then insert the HDD into the IDE bus of the target Apple TV. Turn on the Apple TV, and it should boot successfully into Gentoo Linux. (First you'll see the ATV Bootloader graphic, and then the bootloader should load, and then it will load "our" kernel.)
Once the system has booted, you should be able to login to it as normal.
If you like, you can log in as root and do these cleanups:
rm /*.bz2 emerge -v -D --newuse world emerge gentoolkit emerge -v --depclean
Installing MythTV
Here is what I recommend to emerge
emerge alsa-utils evilwm kdm lirc mythtv mythmusic mythvideo mythweather ntp nvidia-drivers nvidia-settings vnc xset xorg-x11
Setup a VNC password so that we can remote in and set things up without needing a mouse and keyboard connected to the system
vncpasswd .vnc/passwd
Here is my xorg.conf it outputs through my HDMI connection and configures the monitor based on the EDID information.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "vnc"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 110M / GeForce Go 7300"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Option "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
Option "NVAGP" "1"
Option "UseEvents" "True"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
I did have to disable EDID DPI detection as my TV sends erronious data for this. You may need to undo this
I did not setup the built in IR receiver as I am using streamzap so you will have to look else where for instructions.
Lets setup kdm and make it start evilWM and mythfrontend.
Set kdm as your xdm by editing /etc/conf.d/xdm (in old versions it was in /etc/rc.conf) File: /etc/conf.d/xdm
... DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" ...
If you run evilWM, set the session type for mythuser to custom. You can do this within KDM or by creating ~/.dmrc. File: ~/.dmrc
[Desktop] Session=custom
This will cause KDM to execute your .xsession file at logon, for this to work .xsession must be executable!. File: ~/.xsession
# Sample .xinitrc for starting evilwm # Merge X resources from ~/.Xdefaults [ -f $HOME/.Xdefaults ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults # Set the background and root cursor shape (requires xsetroot) xsetroot -solid \#400040 xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr # Start evilwm - snap to borders within 10 pixels /usr/bin/evilwm -snap 10 & sudo nvidia-settings -a GPUOverclockingState=1 # nVidia drivers 177 and up lowered the max ClockFreq to 720. Older versions can use 800. sudo nvidia-settings -a GPU2DClockFreqs=200,720 #irexec & #/usr/bin/xset -dpms #/usr/bin/xset s off #/usr/bin/mythfrontend & #/usr/bin/mythfrontend -v playback & /usr/local/bin/myth-load.sh # Transfer control to xclock - killing xclock (with Ctrl+Alt+Escape, say) # will exit our session #exec xclock -digital -padding 2 -g -0+0 # Or, if you want to be able to exit X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace only, use this # dummy line as the last line: exec sleep infinity
I have a myth-load.sh file setup. If you do not want to use this just uncomment the same lines from xsession. File: /usr/local/bin/myth-load.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Only do this stuff if we're on the main display
# (i.e., don't do this in a vnc session)
if [ `echo $DISPLAY | grep -c ":0"` -ge 1 ]
then
# Restore audio settings
# /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
# Launch irexec for myth power button stop/start
irexec &
# Launch myth frontend
mythfrontend &
# Disable dynamic power management (screen blanking)
/usr/bin/xset -dpms
# Disable screen saver
/usr/bin/xset s off
fi
exit
XvMC
Add the following to /etc/X11/XvMCConfig
/usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so
The edit playback settings and follow these instructions
Configuring Digital Audio
Set your .asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf to the following.
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "spdif"
rate 48000
format S16_LE
}
}
Then go into the Audio config in myth and set the following.
Audio output device: ALSA:default Passthrough output device: default Max Audio Channels: 5.1 Upmix: Passive Enable AC3 and DTS passthrough and turn off buffering and internal volume controls.
Wireless
I have not set this up yet. There are instructions on how to do this here, which is where alot of this guide started. I just rewrote sections based on using the patchstick as opposed to gutting the machine and connecting the HDD to another machine. Also some of the issues that the original writer ran into have been fixed in this writeup.
