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Project Progress Report XBOX PVR SYSTEM Student: David Lynam Supervisor: Peter Corcoran Project Description •The use of a Pc as a MythTv server and to convert an X-Box into a MythTv client •Consumer Electronics Research Group has developed middleware for home networking called Unihome •Does not currently support PVR systems •To attempt to integrate the operational PVR system to the Unihome middleware layer Progress Overview Changes •IP Tunnel Difficulties •Gentoo understanding •Timeline •Gateway setup •Ubuntu Linux •WinTV drivers •Irish Channel Listings Gentoo •Difficult for beginners •Had difficulty setting up Gateway through Gentoo •Spent too much time at it •As a result changed to Ubuntu Ubuntu •Friendly to beginner •Easy to install using synaptic packet manager •SUDO NUIG Network Gateway Setup •Route network card 2 to network card 1 •Give subnetwork terminals an IP address Gateway •Route the terminal IP addresses to the network card 2 •Test by pinging Subnetwork MythTV installation •https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy_Ba ckend_Frontend •Installing capture card •Install XMLTV •Install MYSQL •Configure MythTV •Channel configuration •Mailing List Capture Card •The small issue (Cd Drivers) •https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Install_IVTV_Edgy •Small mistake!!! Specs and Info •MPEG-2 encoder •1-2 Gigs per hours of hard drive •DVD rates = 8Mbits/sec •Pal format at 25fps •DVD quality of 1 hour typically 2Gig XMLTV •Utilities to manage your TV viewing •Based on XML •Stores listings in XMLTV format for seperation •Useful operations (filters) •Grabbers for many countries MYSQL •Open source Database software •Used to Store info from MythTV (channel listings) •Need to allow remote access •Consistent fast performance and reliability •Runs on more than 20 platforms Done to date •Installed Ubuntu/Gentoo •Set up gateway to network •Installed capture card device •Installed a frontend/backend MythTV machine •Demonstrated capture live tv,pause and rewind •Installed a separate frontend machine Left To do •Setup IP tunnel and connect frontend to backend •Mod the XBOX •Install Linux and MythTV frontend on XBOX •Reverse engineer MythTV •Investigate integration with Unihome TimeLine Jan 31st- Complete IP tunnel and Mod XBOX Feb 10th – Install Linux on XBOX Feb 20th – Install MythTV frontend on XBOX Feb 28th – Demonstrate MythTv on XBOX March – Reverse engineer MythTv March – Investigate integration with Unihome Initial Timeline End of September: Install Gentoo Linux Early October: MythTv running on Pc –Demonstrate video capture October: Modify Xbox and install Gentoo Linux November: Convert pc to Myth Server and client machines November: Install Myth Client on Xbox December: EXAMS End of Dec/January: Unite Client and server January: Study Myth protocol and Unihome achitecture Febuary: Customise MythTv and integrate with Unihome QUESTIONS???