Hi,
in the first Wiki-Section "Recommended hardware" I found my DBox 2 - Settop-Box with Neutrino running on it.
How is this device integrated in a Linux MCE - Installation ?
Is it possible to remote-control it via an Orbiter ?
-Heiko
you can only setup DBox 2 as a media director. to do this, you have to have option for network boot and a network card.
Quoteyou can only setup DBox 2 as a media director. to do this, you have to have option for network boot and a network card.
Hi,
the DBox has a built-in Network-Adapter. And running with Neutrino there is a built-in Bootoption via Network. The first thing the DBox does is sending a RARP-Request to get an IP-Adress. Next the DBOX sends an BootP-Request to connect to a Boot-Server.
If there is a Boot-File, the DBox can load it via tftp.
Is there a Boot-File for the DBox-Media-Director available ?
-Heiko
yes there is in linuxmce. but it will be very interesting to see if the kernel image is good enough to recognize all the hardware.
Quotebut it will be very interesting to see if the kernel image is good enough to recognize all the hardware.
Hi,
I really do not believe that there is a boot-image for the DBox-2 included in LMCE.
Currently I am running my DBox with a Yadi-Imgage (www.yadi.org). I have a harddisk built in, so the image needs to support IDE-Drives. Since I can remote-control the DBox via Ethernet, it would be a great solution if I could use the DBox to record MPEG-2 and stream TV to the Media-Director.
-Heiko
usually, this kind of devices are using patched kernels with some extra modules. but you can use the image form linuxmce just for test.
Hello guys, I am planning to build a core system soon and noticed that it may be possible to use a dbox 2 as a MD. This would be ideal for me as I have 1 sitting spare. Was wondering if there was any update on progress made with this and if it is still possible to do?
Thanks
Stephen