RE: Which Media Center ?

["Shaf Ali" <shaf@xxxxxxxx>]

Heh fortunately for me I'm a Linux savvy so it'll be a doddle...
Compile
up what I need on a fast machine transfer image set up wifi : 30mins max.

I'm reading http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/FAQ
at the mo and all looks
straight forward just going through any hardware/firmware restraints.

Cheers dude


> Why not just buy the xbox wireless bridge instead off faffing around
with
> drivers ?
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> p.s we have 2 xbmc's - very nice indeed.
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> Chris
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>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> From: shaf@xxxxxxx
>> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:22:49 +0100
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
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>> Sweet info Marcus... cheers.
>> ps How do I tell the version no.
>> Seen a couple of xboxs for sale around the 40-50 squid mark sound
>> reasonable ?
>> Some last q's : does the xbox have usb ? and obviously must have
network
>> ?
>> Was thinking of a wifi card for it via usb and compiling up a
kernel to
>> handle it.
>> Shaf
>> > AFAIK the TV out from the Xbox is second to non and you would
>> certainly
>> > end up paying
>> > more than the price of the Xbox for the graphics card alone !
>> >
>> > There are still Xboxes available on eBay and my local Game
shop has
>> > second hand ones
>> > with a warranty. If you soft mod it (rather than chip it)
then you
>> won't
>> > loose the warranty :)
>> >
>> > I don't think you'll find anything to beat the Xbox for
"value for
>> > money"
>> >
>> > The later models (1.6) seem to have much quieter fans than
the early
>> > models, I have changed
>> > the fan in my 1.4 model for a quite PC case fan.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if there is a xAP connector for the XBox ?
>> >
>> > Marcus
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> > Behalf Of Shaf Ali
>> > Sent: 18 July 2006 09:45
>> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
>> >
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>> > BIG BIG SMILE :)
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>> > I was gonna mention this as I know a lot of boys had been
doing
>> > this a
>> > while back.
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>> > I think I will end up going down this route as ultimately it
>> > does/did have
>> > the more superior TV out stage.
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>> > Is it still the best ? Or is there another bit of hardware
out
>> > there that
>> > we can hack/flash ?
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>> > ps I wonder where I can pick up an old xbox up from in the
UK.
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>> > > Apart from recording (which I use a backend MythTV box
for),
>> > you can't
>> > > beat an XBOX and XMBC for
>> > > playback :)
>> > >
>> > > Marcus
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