On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Bryce C wrote:~
> On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 10:01, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 11:18, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > > > > Is it possible to network my house in the manner shown in the
> > > diagram? I am
> > > > > wondering if I will have issues using 2 switches and having
> > > everything be able
> > > > > to talk to the server?
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.public.asu.edu/~rwultsch/diagram.bmp
> >
> > > On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 12:07, Bryce C wrote:
> > > > Nope. I see no problems. Have fun!
> >
> > Quoting elemint@hotpop.com:
> > > What is the advantage of networking the tivo's? Are they running
> > > Debian
> > > or stock tivo load? Are they directtv tivo's?
> > >
> > > Jim
> >
> > First off if anyone has any 4.0 Tivo OS image I would love to beg it off you.
> >
> > At this point I am just evaluating my options as to what I could do. I now own 1
> > Directivo and one MS Ultimatetv (a far better designed machine which is far more
> > responsive even though it has a slower processor and half the RAM on the same
> > architecture) I am considering selling my UTV to buy another DTV. As it is a
> > Directivo the Home Media Option (a way to stream media from one tivo to another
> > across a wired or wireless LAN) will likely not be availible for quite some time
> > so it would be nice to something like that myself.
> >
> > I would very much like to get video extraction working on both tivo's if I were
> > to get another one, and perhaps install debian on one and use it as very high
> > uptime samba server for me to backup data and to feed music/vidoes to the
> > xbox's. (It would also be cool if I could get a DHCP sever going) I am one of
> > those people that is constantly messing with my desktop until it does not work
> > so getting a server that I would not have to worry about would be sweet. My big
> > concern is that running a samba server in the backround would make a tivoso slow
> > as to be unuseable.
> >
> > This sounds like a project that if I wrote it up well I could submit to /. ...
>
> You might also look at MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org). I'm not sure
> whether or how well it runs on Tivo hardware but it sounds perfect for
> your project. You could still run a samba server, a dhcp server, and
> stream your TV recordings (and live TV too) to other mythfrontend
> installs anywhere.
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Bryce C <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
> CoBryce Communications
A series 2 tivo is basicly a 200 Mhz MIPS computer with 64 MB of RAM, so even
if Mythtv compiled cleanely (which I have serious doublts about) then I would
have to start begging tivo for drivers for directv hardware which I would
place serious money on them turning me down for. Tivo OS has enough issues
with being slow on it's own hardware that I vermuch doublt that it other
software would run well. For comparison MS Ultimatv
which is very similar in hardware except half (MIPS 100 Mhz 32 MB ram if I
remember correctly) runs far faster, but runs windows CE... and tivo series 1
run on a 50 Mhz PowerPC with 32 mb ram...
%20I%20am%20considering%20selling%20my%20UTV%20to%20buy%20another%20DTV.%20As%20it%20is%20a%0A>%20>%20>%20Directivo%20the%20Home%20Media%20Option%20(a%20way%20to%20stream%20media%20from%20one%20tivo%20to%20another%0A>%20>%20>%20across%20a%20wired%20or%20wireless%20LAN)%20will%20likely%20not%20be%20availible%20for%20quite%20some%20time%0A>%20>%20>%20so%20it%20would%20be%20nice%20to%20something%20like%20that%20myself.%20%0A>%20>%20>%20%0A>%20>%20>%20I%20would%20very%20much%20like%20to%20get%20video%20extraction%20working%20on%20both%20tivo's%20if%20I%20were%0A>%20>%20>%20to%20get%20another%20one,%20and%20perhaps%20install%20debian%20on%20one%20and%20use%20it%20as%20very%20high%0A>%20>%20>%20uptime%20samba%20server%20for%20me%20to%20backup%20data%20and%20to%20feed%20music/vidoes%20to%20the%0A>%20>%20>%20xbox's.%20(It%20would%20also%20be%20cool%20if%20I%20could%20get%20a%20DHCP%20sever%20going)%20I%20am%20one%20of%0A>%20>%20>%20those%20people%20that%20is%20constantly%20messing%20with%20my%20desktop%20until%20it%20does%20not%20work%0A>%20>%20>%20so%20getting%20a%20server%20that%20I%20would%20not%20have%20to%20worry%20about%20would%20be%20sweet.%20My%20big%0A>%20>%20>%20concern%20is%20that%20running%20a%20samba%20server%20in%20the%20backround%20would%20make%20a%20tivoso%20slow%0A>%20>%20>%20as%20to%20be%20unuseable.%0A>%20>%20>%20%0A>%20>%20>%20This%20sounds%20like%20a%20project%20that%20if%20I%20wrote%20it%20up%20well%20I%20could%20submit%20to%20/.%20...%0A>%20>%0A>%20>%20You%20might%20also%20look%20at%20MythTV%20(http://www.mythtv.org).%20I'm%20not%20sure%0A>%20>%20whether%20or%20how%20well%20it%20runs%20on%20Tivo%20hardware%20but%20it%20sounds%20perfect%20for%0A>%20>%20your%20project.%20You%20could%20still%20run%20a%20samba%20server,%20a%20dhcp%20server,%20and%0A>%20>%20stream%20your%20TV%20recordings%20(and%20live%20TV%20too)%20to%20other%20mythfrontend%0A>%20>%20installs%20anywhere.%0A>%20>%20Good%20luck.%0A>%20>%20%0A>%20>%20--%20%0A>%20>%20Bryce%20C%20<Plug@BryceCo.Net>%0A>%20>%20CoBryce%20Communications%0A>%20%0A>%20A%20series%202%20tivo%20is%20basicly%20a%20200%20Mhz%20MIPS%20computer%20with%2064%20MB%20of%20RAM,%20so%20even%0A>%20if%20Mythtv%20compiled%20cleanely%20(which%20I%20have%20serious%20doublts%20about)%20then%20I%20would%0A>%20have%20to%20start%20begging%20tivo%20for%20drivers%20for%20directv%20hardware%20which%20I%20would%0A>%20place%20serious%20money%20on%20them%20turning%20me%20down%20for.%20Tivo%20OS%20has%20enough%20issues%0A>%20with%20being%20slow%20on%20it's%20own%20hardware%20that%20I%20vermuch%20doublt%20that%20it%20other%0A>%20software%20would%20run%20well.%20For%20comparison%20MS%20Ultimatv%0A>%20which%20is%20very%20similar%20in%20hardware%20except%20half%20(MIPS%20100%20Mhz%2032%20MB%20ram%20if%20I%0A>%20remember%20correctly)%20runs%20far%20faster,%20but%20runs%20windows%20CE...%20and%20tivo%20series%201%0A>%20run%20on%20a%2050%20Mhz%20PowerPC%20with%2032%20mb%20ram...%20%0A>%20%0A>%20%0A>%20 "Reply to this message")
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