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Old 07-15-2012, 03:41 PM   #1
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How We Built An Internet TV Box for $30


I found this artical 'How We Built An Internet TV Box for $30' at http://www.2millionblog.com/2009/07/...ox_for_30.html. The only problem is that it is based on Winders XP.

Does anyone know how to do the same thing using Linux??

All I what to do is view TV over the internet. Digital TV signals sucks in my area.
 
Old 07-15-2012, 04:33 PM   #2
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Yes, the article is about Hulu which a quick google suggest it supports Fedora and Ubuntu but it should be possible to get it to work with other distributions.

http://www.hulu.com/support/article/197541

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Old 07-15-2012, 07:38 PM   #3
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2) An old PC running Windows XP Pro (Free or ~$250 used)
Love articles like that, not quite $30 if you don't have a spare computer good enough.
 
Old 07-15-2012, 08:04 PM   #4
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I have Hulu Desktop running on AntiX 11 Base install on a Emachine Desktop Computer, Pentium 4, 1 gig ram, inbuilt graphics chip Card ATI RC410 . Got it out of a dumpster though.
 
Old 07-15-2012, 08:09 PM   #5
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I have Hulu Desktop running on AntiX 11 Base install on a Emachine Desktop Computer, Pentium 4, 1 gig ram, inbuilt graphics chip Card ATI RC410 . Got it out of a dumpster though.
Gotta love those finds eh
 
Old 07-15-2012, 08:30 PM   #6
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Here are the specs

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 2.6.38-7.dmz.2-liquorix-686 i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.5.3) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-M11-base-686 Jayaben Desai 25 April 2011
Machine:   System: GATEWAY product: W3507 version: 500
           Mobo: Intel model: D102GGC2 version: AAD70214-201
           Bios: Intel version: GC11020M.15A.2010.2006.0817.0956 date: 08/17/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron D CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6398.92 clocked at 3199.463 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200] bus-ID: 01:05.0 
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 driver: radeon Resolution: 1024x768@85.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller driver: HDA Intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.23
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:02.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter driver: rtl8187 usb-ID: 0bda:8189
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3120213A size: 120.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 109G used: 20G (19%) fs: ext3 ID: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.2C mobo: 47.8C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2277 fan-2: 1109 fan-4: 0 
Info:      Processes: 82 Uptime: 16 min Memory: 198.5/880.0MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.0 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.13
My thread

http://antix.freeforums.org/hulu-tv-...box-t3475.html

Edit: by the way. Miro runs good on this also.

Last edited by rokytnji; 07-15-2012 at 08:43 PM.
 
Old 07-16-2012, 02:36 PM   #7
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See antennaweb.org for your address. I suspect that you should receive a number of OTA channels.

Be warned that OTA in old analog over VHF was way better than the new generally UHF digital. You may need to use a good receiver like silicondust or other and get a good 8 bay uhf antenna.


You might be able to find a place like this in your area. http://www.discountelectronics.com/i..._detail&p=5939 A cheap computer with some sort of warranty would be my suggestion. I'd buy a new one before I spent too much on a used one with no warranty.

The cheapest system new should run linux enough to view some hulu. Pay movies like netflix use microsoft's silverlight and it can't be replaced by linux.

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