[mythtv-users] Trimslice ARM PC

[Erik Jensen]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 12/22/2011 17:47, Per Hatlevik wrote:
>>> I don't know about the frontend though.  It would need good video drivers
>>> (very rare on ARM) that are supported by myth for any sort of acceleration.
>>> That seems unlikely for now.
>> if the video card on these arm systems supports decoding then they
>> seem like a really nice frontend to me. tegra2 or tegra3 from nvidia
>> look like they possibly support vdpau but i can't really find an
>> concrete information on whether they do or don't support vdpau.....
>
> The VDPAU interface is only available for the x86 architecture.  On ARM,
> nVidia and several other manufacturers have embraced the OpenMAX
> specification (from the OpenGL people) for media acceleration.  There is
> interest among some of the video developers in adding support for it in
> MythTV, and at least one who has considerable experience using it, but
> no work as yet of actually implementing it.

What magnitude of effort would implementing OpenMAX be?

I'm interested in getting a MythFrontend working on the upcoming $35
Raspberry Pi model B, an ARM board that uses OpenMAX for video
acceleration. It seems like it would make a great front end. (HDMI
out, 1080p video, ethernet, USB, boots from an SD card, powered via a
micro USB connector, draws just a few Watts)