[mythtv-users] RVU support = computerless FE?

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Chris Lewis <chrislewis915 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not really related but there is currently a project working to put XBMC on
> the RasberryPi.
>
> If you dont know what a RasberryPi is look here
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/571
>
> Now AFAIK you cant schedule recordings, delete stuff etc from an XBMC FE

Yes you can. Try mythbox, an xbmc addon

>(I
> know its now an FE really but you know what i mean) but for $35 its worth
> buying one just for the fun of seeing how well it performs.
>
> I think the only thing currently is there may be some uncertainty around
> what codecs it can decode in hw (it can defo do h264) then I'm buying one
> for the bedroom!
>

It depends on OpenMax for hardware acceleration, for which there is no
support in myth. There is in XBMC AFAIK. Even then i THINK you only
get hardware support for h.264, not mpeg2. Depends where in the world
you are as to whether this is useful for TV.

> Chris
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Dave Badia <dbadia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So this may not be the best time to bring this up given some of the
>> other threads... but RVU (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RVU_protocol)
>> is starting to gain traction and there are working implementations of
>> the spec
>> (http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/samsung-smarttv-comcast-timewarner-fios-directv/)
>> and the "remote UI" model.
>>
>> It seems this would be a potential (I stress the word potential) way
>> to have the TV itself be a myth frontend.  I'm not a myth developer,
>> but here's how I see it:
>>
>> Thoughts:
>> a) RVU clients are starting to be included in TVs.  Samsung announced
>> the client will be in all Smart TVs in 2012.  Hopefully the RVU client
>> becomes a "checkbox" feature in the future and other manufacturers
>> follow suit
>> b) RVU is a superset of DLNA/UPNP; myth already has some level of
>> support for UPNP (to what extent I don't know as I've never really
>> used it).
>> c) myth would (obviously) require changes to become an RVU server - see
>> bad news
>>
>> Bad news/outstanding questions:
>> 1) Can mythtv, as an open source project, implement the RVU protocol?
>> any licensing issues here?  (I don't see any but I am not an expert)
>> 2) while RVU is build on top of open standards, the RVU spec is not
>> open and costs $500 US to download. While that sounds like a lot, the
>> "low cost" FE I build last year cost me $300 US.  Perhaps users could
>> contribute funds to pay for the spec (50 users @$10 each?).  While
>> there's a very real chance that the devs get the spec and immediately
>> see 100 reasons that myth can't implement it - personally it's a
>> gamble I'm willing to take given the possibility of not having to
>> build/maintain yet another FE at some point in the future.  Imagine
>> being able to buy a TV, mount on the wall and have instant access to
>> MythTV!
>> 3) To the myth devs - is this something anyone would actually be
>> interesting in developing?  Does this fit into the future "direction"
>> of mythtv?  It would be best to set the expectations up front
>> especially for those who would consider contributing money to purchase
>> the spec.  Not asking for a commitment of implementation but simply
>> trying to understand if there is motivation on the development side to
>> work towards RVU server support
>>
>> Dave
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