[vdr] Re: AW: Re: Hardware project: MPEG2 decoder with ethernet adapter

[Michael Müllner <m.muellner@gmx.at>]

But the Xbox have a big noise level :(

cu
Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kunzmann" <michael@michael-kunzmann.net>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:50 PM
Subject: [vdr] AW: Re: Hardware project: MPEG2 decoder with ethernet adapter


>
>
> > Is it really possible to connect a dbox2 to the ethernet and
> > use it as frontend for vdr? As far as I know, a dbox, a
> > playstation2, an Xbox and all that nice thingies cannot be
> > used for that because you first have to add a mod chip and
> > then get a special variant of linux etc. Thus making this
> > approach complicated and expensive.
>
> I don't think the xbox will be too expensive, it is currently sold for 199
> euros, add 30 euros for the remote, and 20 for a modchip. Then you have a
> more or less complete pc with dvd-rom drive and a harddisk, able to run
> linux, you have 10/100 mbit ethernet, the posibility to output sp/dif, all
> the different available video formats, including yuv-progessive (not sure
> about pal-progressive).
>
> If you want to use linux an the xbox, there is even a completly legal bios
> (the modchip for the xbox is only a bios replacement, most of the chips
> using hacked microsoft bioses) called cromwell i think, so there are no
> legal reasons against it.
>
> Regards,
> michael
>
>
>
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