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| Author: | tama102 [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:02 am ] |
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I am looking for a way to get my mythfrontend to display on (and be fully functional) on a tv in another part of my house. I run hdtv video, so the an xbox is out of the question for a frontend. I am looking for a quick and easy solution (like an xbox), Can I get a slingbox to do this? Is there any other off-the-shelf units that I can modify to get this done? Thanks. |
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| Author: | novellahub [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:41 am ] |
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Why not build your own frontend box that boots and runs off the CD or DVD drive? Knoppmyth already is set up to boot to a usuable "front end only" using the Knoppmyth disk. I was able to do that sucessfully using a laptop. A mATX motherboard with on-board video would be perfect for the application. All you would need is a case, CPU, memory, and a optical drive. Also you could do a diskless frontend with the directions here: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php? ... ssFrontend |
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| Author: | tama102 [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:53 am ] |
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novellahub wrote: Why not build your own frontend box that boots and runs off the CD or DVD drive? Knoppmyth already is set up to boot to a usuable "front end only" using the Knoppmyth disk. I was able to do that sucessfully using a laptop. A mATX motherboard with on-board video would be perfect for the application. All you would need is a case, CPU, memory, and a optical drive.
Also you could do a diskless frontend with the directions here: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php? ... ssFrontend I wanted to get away from the whole "building a computer" thing. I just want a single unit that I can go pickup, do some software modifications, and have it work (similar to a modded xbox) |
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| Author: | novellahub [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:07 am ] |
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Knoppmyth has uPnP support so any slingbox or media extender that supports HDTV and Mpeg-2 should work. Just make sure your home router supports uPnP as well and enable it. I believe a Xbox 360 is able to view and playback HDTV videos via uPnP over the network. |
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| Author: | tama102 [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:17 am ] |
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novellahub wrote: Knoppmyth has uPnP support so any slingbox or media extender that supports HDTV and Mpeg-2 should work. Just make sure your home router supports uPnP as well and enable it. I believe a Xbox 360 is able to view and playback HDTV videos via uPnP over the network.
From what I understand about slingbox, I would need to plug video and audio output from my existing myth system directly into the slingbox. From there, I could only access the myth from a computer, not my other TV. What I would like to find is something that goes like this Mythtv connected to router Slingbox/ media extender connected to same router, and TV That way, all the data would be going through my home network, and I would only have an additional box connected to the tv I am trying to get my mythfrontend on, as opposed to having this box connected directly to the mythtv backend via video and audio connections. |
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| Author: | novellahub [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:39 am ] |
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After reading up on the internet, the only purpose of the slingbox is to route your media to another computer. So you will not need it. I originally thought it could be used as media extender but I think I was wrong. There are HDTV media extenders but it seems like playback is hit or miss(Looking at ratings on Newegg). http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory ... ia-Players Have you considered getting a barebones PC? Here are some examples here: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory ... -Computers |
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| Author: | tama102 [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:04 pm ] |
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Those HDTV extenders are exactly what I am looking for. But it looks like what you said is true, they are unreliable. I guess I might have to wait until a more reliable unit comes out. I just wanted to stay away from the whole building a computer thing because it always ends up costing more then I wanted it to. |
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| Author: | slowtolearn [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:42 pm ] |
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tama102 wrote: Those HDTV extenders are exactly what I am looking for. But it looks like what you said is true, they are unreliable. I guess I might have to wait until a more reliable unit comes out. See robsbox's posts here http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... &start=120
I just wanted to stay away from the whole building a computer thing because it always ends up costing more then I wanted it to. Can't comment on reliability/features as I don't own one. |
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| Author: | tama102 [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:05 pm ] |
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slowtolearn wrote: tama102 wrote: Those HDTV extenders are exactly what I am looking for. But it looks like what you said is true, they are unreliable. I guess I might have to wait until a more reliable unit comes out. See robsbox's posts here http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... &start=120I just wanted to stay away from the whole building a computer thing because it always ends up costing more then I wanted it to. Can't comment on reliability/features as I don't own one. Sweet, that is in the price range that I am looking for. I am going to PM robsbox's to see how likes it with HDTV and R5F27 |
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| Author: | mogator88 [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:44 pm ] |
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Someplace is selling the D-link DSM-520 for $150, check on fatwallet. Google for more info, but they'll do playback at least. Maybe check ebay for a used desktop and video card. |
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