[NCLUG] MythTV Presentation on Feb. 12

[DJ Eshelman]

Yeah, unfortunately I didn't know TerraSoft sold them either, until 
after I had shelled out the cash.  Though I'm told that the unit I got 
was one of the last with the better processors, apparently Sony has been 
cutting back a part of the processing core to get better pricepoints.  
I'm not sure- but given that so far I've been using the unit for BluRay 
only (I have yet to buy a game for it in 4 months of ownership with the 
exception of an online purchase of Mortal Kombat II- (oh, yeah).
So, I burned myself an iso of YDL but my fear is that in partitioning 
the drive you apparently loose all the data that was previously on the 
unit.  Not a big deal for games, media and such, but I'm wondering what 
the impact is for online purchases.

So, I've been holding off for now, but I'd LOVE to see YDL in action on 
a PS3.  So far, with the last Sony OS update, playing mp4 (divx) movies 
has been vastly improved over my Samsung DVD player.  The upconversion 
just works really well over the HDMI.  So, naturally I'm curious how 
well YDL will work as a media player/living room internet device.

-DJ

Brian Wood wrote:
> DJ Eshelman wrote:
>> Though I've not tried this out myself, I've heard great things about
>>
>> http://www.fiire.com/
>>
>> they have a gyroscope based remote that I've seen demonstrated for 
>> LinuxMCE
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829
>
> I have a Gyration mouse that works on the same principle. It works as 
> a standard optical mouse or you can wave it in the air. It takes some 
> getting used to but it does work.
>>
>> Personally, I think this is a great concept- a company creating 
>> hardware solutions for an open source software - very much the spirit 
>> of the thing :)
>
> Can't argue with you there.
>
>>
>> good luck!  Sorry I missed the demonstration- since I went to DirecTV 
>> HD with it's own DVR there's been little justification for 
>> MythTV/LinuxMCE - though I'd MUCH rather have that interface and 
>> flexibility.
>>
>> So- the question is, does anyone know if it's possible to use DTV-HD 
>> with MythTV?  I was under the impression that it's not, but you never 
>> know- the DVRs HDDs at one time were encrypted linux drives, but I 
>> haven't ripped open my unit to find out...  So breaking the 
>> encryption wouldn't be very likely but if the same functions of the 
>> DVR could be somehow emulated so that DTV doesn't know the difference 
>> (I know, grasping at straws here).
>
> DirectTV HD can be done with a "jeeped" satellite receiver, which is, 
> I believe, not legal in the USA. I have seen ads on the net for such 
> receivers but I do not know how well they might work, it's possible 
> the ads are fraudulent, after all - who would you complain to?
>
> There has been some discussion on the MythTV lists about an upcoming 
> Hauppauge unit, due out this quarter, that can take the component HD 
> output and encode it. If it actually does what is claimed it might 
> work with Myth, but drivers would have to be developed.
>
> Hauppauge has been as cooperative as they can be with OSS developers, 
> but they have problems with third-parties who are not so open minded,
>
>>
>> To make matters worse- an increasing amount of content is locked out 
>> of the Component video outputs (HDMI only).
>>
>> And along the lines of this topic- I'm wondering if anyone on this 
>> list works for Yellow Dog and would like to give a demonstration of 
>> installing YellowDog onto a PS3?
>>
>
> Terrasoft Solutions is in Loveland. I bought a PS3 from them with YD 
> already installed, but looking over the instructions is doesn't look 
> too hard. They are the ones who did the YD development for the PS3.
>
> I bought the PS3 from them as I would much rather support an outfit 
> doing OSS development than some Big Box store which sends all its 
> profits out of state.
>
> If no TerraSoft Solutions employees are on this list I'd be happy to 
> contact them about a demo. I could also do such a demo myself but let 
> me get past the MythTV demo first :-)
>
> beww
>
>
> beww
>
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