[mythtv-users] Do I need a front end at all?

[Kris B.]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011, at 08:07 PM, Jarl Friis wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> In general I try to minimise number of boxes...
> 
> I have a Samsung D8005 SMART TV. I am pretty confident that it can
> decode HD MPEG4 streams, so I wonder do I need a front end at all?
> 
> It is a quite capable TV, so I wonder do I need a front end at all?
> 
> Are there anyone having tried out using a moderne Samsung SmartTV as a
> MythTV front end?
> 
> Jarl

I use a Roku as a frontend, it has a private channel that queries
mythweb for its' episode info, etc.  However, all videos that it can
access must be transcoded to h264/mp4.

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  Kris B.
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