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--- eop:television_and_home_theater:cable_boxes_and_dvrs [2022/01/25 19:33] – io55admin
+++ eop:television_and_home_theater:cable_boxes_and_dvrs [2023/04/22 22:12] (current) – io55admin
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 ====== Cable Boxes and DVRs ======
-Commonly supplied by cable television providers for the purpose of receiving the respective cable TV signals. Often include a hard drive, which makes them similar to DVRs (being a commercial product for recording TV onto drives). Usually runs off MIPS, but ARM is possible.
+Commonly supplied by cable television providers for the purpose of receiving the respective cable TV signals. Often include a hard drive, which makes them similar to DVRs (being a commercial product for recording TV onto drives). Usually runs off MIPS, but ARM is possible. Otherwise referred to as "set-top boxes".
 ===== Comcast Cable Boxes =====
-=== Operating Systems (MIPS) ===
+==== Operating Systems (MIPS) ====
-== Base Kernel, bloated ==
+=== Base Kernel, bloated ===
 >Linux 3.3 with Broadcom blobs hanging off it like tumors -> BusyBox and friends -> "X1 Platform" (Giant horrible JR2E app)
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 https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7j73mg/comcast_cable_boxes_run_linux/
+===== Videostrong KII Pro =====
+==== Operating Systems (Amlogic S905) ====
+=== postmarketOS ===
+> If you own the Mecool KII Pro then this port won't work there without some changes. It may work by using the right DTB file though
+A set-top box known under several names, including Mecool. Runs mainline Linux kernel thru postmarketOS, with support for WiFi, audio, and even things like 3D acceleration! Certainly a very capable port for a set-top box, of all things.
+[[https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Videostrong_KII_Pro_(videostrong-kii-pro)]]