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Myth TV on PS3

Started by zbowling · 9 months ago

The PS3 supporting Linux is an awesome thing. It runs under a hypervisor (similar to a client OS runs in Xen).
Well some eager folks got Myth TV working on the PS3. It’s wonderful for viewing stuff recorded on other MythTV boxes but what about recording? Well thats taken care wi ... Continue reading »

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  • Sorry Zac, but there's one crucial point you've missed...

    fbdev

    PS3 linux has no real access to graphics hardware, and the framebuffer access it DOES have is as crappy as can be expected - reports of Myth suggest that not only is HD playback completely impossible, but regular SD playback isn't doable without major jerkiness (making a £425 Playstation 3 inferior to a £50 Xbox as a PVR)

    Until Sony stop playing silly buggers & open up real access to the graphics chip (for nv/nouveau, or even possible nvidia-glx) access, there's no hope for anyone using PS3 linux for, well, anything.
  • This is interesting but Play Tv is now out. is that not the same thing?
  • Hello, for a long time I read your blog, thanks for that that write interesting and
    useful posts.I consider that blogers it is possible to name many journalists.

    Good luck

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