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belcampo at zonnet

Dec 26, 2005, 1:28 PM

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How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend

Hi all,

No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network DVD-player HD
capable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB Flash-memory.
Some hacks are done on Linksys NSLU2, see
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6152296875.html and Linksys wrt54g at
http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html
I believe the IODATA en Momitsu and Buffallo devices share the same hardware.
It would be the ultimate I think/believe/hope Mythfrontend.

Henk Schoneveld


yonzie.myth at gmail

Dec 27, 2005, 8:35 AM

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Re: How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend [In reply to]

While 4MB is enough for linux, you need X and myth as well...
A possible workaround is mounting shares over the network with NFS,
although it will probably be a PITA to set up...

On 12/26/05, belcampo <belcampo[at]zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network DVD-player HD
> capable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB Flash-memory.
> Some hacks are done on Linksys NSLU2, see
> http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6152296875.html and Linksys wrt54g at
> http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html
> I believe the IODATA en Momitsu and Buffallo devices share the same hardware.
> It would be the ultimate I think/believe/hope Mythfrontend.
>
> Henk Schoneveld
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mythtv at biased

Dec 27, 2005, 8:44 AM

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Re: How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend [In reply to]

I've got an frontend set up to network boot - it doesn't have any hard
drive or CF card. Seems to work well - only if you know how to :)

A good starting point is http://netboot.sourceforge.net/

Basically it involves getting the computer to download an image either
via the BIOS or a floppy drive - boot from floppy - then mount the NFS
drive as root filesystem then go from there.

For your situation, the 4MB flash might be enough to contain a kernel
that will mount a NFS drive as a root filesystem (kernel will need to be
compiled to be able to mount NFS drives as root filesystems). If
netboot is possible, that might be the way to go for you.

Good luck!

Cheers - Piers


Foo Bar wrote:
> While 4MB is enough for linux, you need X and myth as well...
> A possible workaround is mounting shares over the network with NFS,
> although it will probably be a PITA to set up...
>
> On 12/26/05, belcampo <belcampo[at]zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network DVD-player HD
>>capable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB Flash-memory.
>>Some hacks are done on Linksys NSLU2, see
>>http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6152296875.html and Linksys wrt54g at
>>http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html
>>I believe the IODATA en Momitsu and Buffallo devices share the same hardware.
>>It would be the ultimate I think/believe/hope Mythfrontend.
>>
>>Henk Schoneveld
>
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casey.dunn at gmail

Dec 27, 2005, 9:23 AM

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Re: How To: Hack a network DVD-player to a fullfledged Mythfrontend [In reply to]

> > On 12/26/05, belcampo <belcampo[at]zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
> >>No solution, but assistance needed. I do have a Snazio Network
> DVD-player HD
> >>capable. It's based on a 166MHz based ARM CPU with 64MB and 4MB
> Flash-memory.


The trick is going to be using the decoder hardware built into that box.
The hacks you mention work because there was an existing drivers for the
hardware. 166 isn't enough to do much of anything video related. Nothing
can't be done, what you want to do is going to be exceptionaly hard though.

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