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Replay or Tivo hardware with Myth?

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mohoelx at sbcglobal

Sep 6, 2003, 2:17 PM

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Replay or Tivo hardware with Myth?

Crazy question crossed my mind...does anyone know if the hardware in the
ReplayTV or Tivo box would be compatable with MythTV? I.e.: by a Replay
box without service, trash the OS, and load Linux / Myth....

If it would work, it'd make for cheap hardware.....

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webmaster at dddane

Sep 6, 2003, 2:48 PM

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Re: Replay or Tivo hardware with Myth? [In reply to]

> Crazy question crossed my mind...does anyone know if the hardware in the
> ReplayTV or Tivo box would be compatable with MythTV? I.e.: by a Replay
> box without service, trash the OS, and load Linux / Myth....

This question has been on the archives in the past, do a search... but, in
general, i think the answer was "no" ....not because linux couldnt be used,
but more because the hardware to encode/decode captures on tivo is so
specialized it would take a lot of reverse engineering to do...
-d

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hons at rcn

Sep 6, 2003, 5:45 PM

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Re: Replay or Tivo hardware with Myth? [In reply to]

Tivo works so well I think it would be crime... ;-) even without
service it's a really good pvr and timeshifter.
I do think there is a hack out there to provide epg data without
service for the tivo....
Replay I believe is a more proprietary sw/hw combo than the tivo-linux
solution. So probably even more unlikely to be easily lobotomized.

rgds
anders

On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 02:17 PM, chris wrote:

> Crazy question crossed my mind...does anyone know if the hardware in
> the ReplayTV or Tivo box would be compatable with MythTV? I.e.: by a
> Replay box without service, trash the OS, and load Linux / Myth....
>
> If it would work, it'd make for cheap hardware.....
>
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