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MythTV on your PS3 |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: Gentoo, Linux, MythTV, playstation 3 updates
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With Linux making big inroads on the PS3, it was only a matter of time before people started messing around with it to unlock new functionality. And Linux users would know that MythTV is one of the must-have applications if you're deciding to use your PC as a PVR. While people had reported installing and using MythTV successfully, it's biggest point (recording and replaying recorded TV) was moot since the PS3 didn't have a TV tuner.It was only a matter of time before someone tried a USB TV Tuner and successfully put together a working set of drivers for it. And that someone would be Takeshi Yaegashi who has been successful in patching the Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U's Linux drivers to work properly on the PS3. The problem was that the original GO7007 Video4Linux2 drivers didn't run properly on a 32bit userland/64bit kernel environment.
The released patches will patch the GO7007 Video4Linux2 drivers and the Addon CD to improve compatibility with the said environment, which is common on all PS3 Linux distros. What you'll have to do is patch the drivers, then patch the Addon CD file and finally compile the kernel given in the Addon CD. If this sounds a bit difficult, you can wait for distros to appear with this patches built in.
I would expect Gentoo to be the first with the patches, seeing how they're already thinking of including MythTV on the Gentoo Live CD. If you do understand the consequences and want to go ahead with this, download the patches, the new Addon CD, patch both of them, and then use the new customised kernel with your distro. Expect a thorough how-to soon!
Download: [GO7007 Video4Linux2 driver - (wis-go7007-linux-0.9.8.tar.bz2)]
Download: [Patch for the GO7007 driver - ps3-go7007.patch]
Download: [New PS3 Cell Addon CD (20061208)]
Download: [Patch for the Addon CD - ps3-compat-ioctl32.patch]
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i dont know how mythTV works, but if it encodes the video and audio, wont there be a lot of dropped frames and overall problems that don't make it worth it?
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do you ps3/sony fans go to XB forums and bug them there?
i dont think so! so why do they bug ps3/sony forums?
is it jealousy?
hey all you sony/ps3 haters, the ps3 is an excellent gaming machine, with 1080p max res. and can support games to run @ 1080p. ps3 can also handle linux, an Operating System pretty much like yer windows and OSX. in turn can also handle more things like all media type support, and out of this world applications. if you dont like it just dont buy it.
we dont like xbox360 so we dont buy xbox360, we dont bug xbox360 forums.
we like using our ps3. we continue to explore more things that the ps3 can do, we enjoy doing that.
some things we've discovered about ps3:
1. can play 1080p games
2. can play blu-ray movies
3. can browse the internet (even youtube works)
4. can play music (common formats accepted)
5. can display pictures in a very diff way.
6. can run linux (so this part is limitless, yes can even do TV recording, see news above about MythTV!)
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envy jealousy & money deficiency can lead to hate.
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I'll be able to confirm this as soon as I get my PS3 next week or so...
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