[olug] Off topic: Roku box users?

[Benjamin Watson]

Mythbuntu is pretty much in lock-step with regular Ubuntu 6 month
release cycles.  They (the Mythbuntu team) just released 10.10 and it
includes the latest MythTV release (0.23.1).

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 16:56, Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh at delasco.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>
>>> > Goal -- Dump cox video.
>>
>> Ours too.  I'm really liking NetFlix, and now that there is a native Wii
>>> app (no more disk), I don't have to keep tracking ours down after the kids
>>> play a game. :-)
>>>
>> I pulled the trigger and have a roku box on order since earlier in the
>> thread someone mentioned roksbox -- which should allow the roku to access my
>> nas (synology  +1) and my recorded myth via a smb share.
>>
>
> For everyone interested, you might want to checkout this spreadsheet of
> set-top boxes:
>
> https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?key=tjY1oj6WVMRfdgjpDyPbBSg&authkey=CMWSqM8P&hl=en&authkey=CMWSqM8P#gid=0
>
> It was started by Veronica Belmont @ Revision3 and is publicly unpalatable.
>  From this list I found that the Roku has a few other streaming options:
>  * Play On Private Channel
>  * Chaneru
>  * Main Squeeze
>  * Roksbox Private Channel
>
> I'm going to go the Silicondust route and tie it in with my
> soon-to-be-reinstalled Myth system.
>
> Any pros/cons on the back-end version of MythTV to use?  Stick with
> Mythbuntu, or is Mythdora or one of the other off shoots better supported
> now?
>
> Dan
>
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