[mythtv-users] Quiet cheap frontend for 1080p

[Nick Rout]

On Oct 6, 2012 9:54 AM, "Pieter De Wit" <pieter at insync.za.net> wrote:
>
> On 6/10/2012 09:26, Fa wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2012 7:52 AM, "Pieter De Wit" <pieter at insync.za.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On 6/10/2012 07:48, MonkeyPet wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I am looking for turnkey solution.  I have the raspberry pi that can
run xbmc and do hardware decoding at 1080p, but it will never run the
mythfrontend since it is lacking enough ram and a fast cpu.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Same here - this device has 1gig of RAM and *can* run Ubuntu....have
a look at the specs and google it a bit. From what I see, the "turnkey"
part will be:
>>> >
>>> > * Flash SDCard with ubuntu
>>> > * Insert SDCard
>>> > * Boot device
>>> > * apt-get install mythfrontend
>>> > * Connect to backend
>>> > * Done
>>> >
>>>
>>> You missed "find a video acceleration that will work with MythTV."
>>>
>>> Most ARM systems use openmax for acceleration. Myth does not support
openmax.
>>
>>
>> Yup, that's the reason why my raspberry pi won't be a turnkey solution
for a mythfrontend.
>>
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/06/13/hardware-packs-for-allwinner-a10-devices-and-easier-method-to-create-a-bootable-ubuntu-12-04-sd-card/
>
> I think those include a new video driver now that "is support" -

Which driver?

> I'll check it out and see - Android TV can't be that bad either, for me
at least :)

No this thread is about Mythfrontend. I am not aware of MythTV running on
android.

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