I think this really is the only true solution to the Xperinet dilema, as Xperinet will die in less than a year anyway because of expired licensing issues. Myth dora really is a cool alternative, besides being free, it is open source and customizable.


How to videos are here [Link: mythpvr.com]


screen shots are here [Link: mythpvr.com]

This just poped up on the MythDora Blog, I imagine this is Brandons post [Link: mythdora.com]

BcSoceror55 wrote: You
Submitted by madmonkey on March 9, 2009 - 7:54pm.

BcSoceror55 wrote:

You will have to bare with me I am new to mythdora. But what I was wondering is if I had a server that already had content stored on a raid system with the operating system separate would it be possible to install mythdora and get it to recognize the content?

We were all new at some stage :)
Yes it's possible. There would be several challenges to get it to work.
What is the current RAID setup. Is it hardware or software ?
BcSoceror55 wrote:

Basically I have an Xperinet Machine that was based of an old version of MythTV as I have recently learned. Since they are no longer in business I would like to attempt to move over to mythdora but would like to attempt to keep my content. I would like to think that this would be able to be done considering the Operating system is separate from the raid system/content. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

What version of mythtv was the Xperinet Machine based on ?
Different versions of mythtv have differing database schema's so the "Best" thing for you to do would be to convert over to the same version of mythtv then upgrade if necessary. A simplified process should be something like ....
Backup the database.
Install the version of Mythdora that matches your Xperinet Machine version of mythtv (making sure you preserve /storage or the Xperinet equivalent)
Restore the database.
No doubt it won't be anywhere near that simple but it _should_ be possible.

Please be aware that if everything isn't exactly correct there is very REAL potential for data loss so make a FULL backup if at all possible to avoid disaster and if your not 100% sure. Don't.

Does anyone know how to find this guy?

Jason Adams
Senior Engineer
Xperinet, Inc
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Maintained all networking and telecommunications infrastructures. Helped to develop, build, maintain and repair products and services offered by Xperinet. Most importantly, I acted as a technical specialist to our customers and helped to drive sales as much as possible.

He will know what version of Myth TV Xperinet is based on

Brandon came up with a fix for the missing audio problem, turned out to be an expired licensing issue, so during the boot sequence the check for new audio driver would basically hang the audio portion of the system. If I get permission to do so from future IT, I will put up a link for the fix.

Been a little bit since I have posted. But as David said there is a audio problem with the Xperinet units. And it is a $50.00 license that needs to be purchase and installed from www.opensound.com. I do have a full update audio document that walks you through fixing this issues. I currently do not have a link up for it but if you shoot me over a email I will be glad to send it over to you. David if you have a link up for the fix go ahead and post it we are currently in the process of redoing are website but once everything is done I will have links up to download the document. Also the above post from "Bcsoceror55" are mine.

As far as the Mythdora on a Xperinet unit goes. It is possible to do away with there software and install a fresh copy of Mythdora and see the movies on the raid. I have only tested this with 2 movies installed on a system. I was able to do a little configuration changes and get it to show me the movies in the Frontend of Mythdora. I have not yet messed around with the cover art or getting a fully configured box working. I am by no means a "linux" guy. I have learned enough in dealing with Xperinet to have a small idea what I am doing. With that said I am looking into other options for a media box other than mythtv. I just currently do not have the time to devote to learning how to fully configure a working mythtv box.


Branden Carter
Future IT
[email protected]
240-264-1266 Ext. 246

As far as NTR Labs goes. I have found out that they were not the Original Programmers for the Xperinet but they were the most recent. So that is why they are able to provide support for these units.

Can anyone please help me with information on how to fix the loss of audio on the Xperinet MIRV's. I seen the post explaining you need to upload the opensource driver, however I am not sure what file to download and how to install it. I have no experience with linux, so any help will really be appreciated.

See first post.

I was hoping for a low cost do it yourself fix. But thanks for the reply.

is anyone has any documentation about xperinet Mirv

i have 6 mirv servers without operating system can any body help?

Bumping this. Is anyone still using their xperinet servers? Mine has been running fine but I havent loaded anything in a long time. Thinking about changing it over to windows but wondered how others have dealt with it. I have 3 MIRV servers still in the field and it's time to do something with them for my clients as well

I have a few customers who do, I upgraded all the Orion clients to two gig of ram and installed a little PC fan over the north bridge since then everything has been working fine.

Changing to Windows can be a chore, vista was a big waste of time as there is not enough ram in these machines to run it, if fact if you don't add extra cooling vista will kill an Xperinet machine fast. windows 7 does OK however you usually have to change out the severs power supply and either install a new video card or a fan that blows on the video card, you have to remember that these machines are 2006 tech with older motherboards 1.8 - 2.1 ghz processors and so forth.

Yes it can be done but you will probably only keep the chassis on the server, the clients you can get by with additional ram and a fan if its an Orion model.

RTI installer. Thanks. I've seen your other posts concerning the experinet issues. It may not be worth doing anything for my clients but personally I bought the MIRV to mess around with and just haunt had time. Would like to reuse the chassis, raid card, hard drives. I'll follow your suggestions and just look at it as a new build. New power supply graphics card motherboard CPU and ram. Have you set these up running windows home server? If running windows 7 have you used specific movie management software?

Autonomics and mymovies on windows 7