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.

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)

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.

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

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.

See robsbox's posts here http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... &start=120

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

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.