[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi now ships with 512MB RAM

[Richard Morton]

Have any of you used xbmc on a r-pi?
All the people I know that bought them for this purpose gave up on them not
because it can't playback the video but because the UI was tortuous to
navigate. Before asking people to write complex code I suggest a few people
give it a try with a large database of media and report back....

Please excuse brevity and pistakes as this email was composed on a mobile
phone.
Best regards,
Richard
On Oct 16, 2012 1:06 PM, "Simon Hobson" <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:

> tortise wrote:
>
>  Of course running a R'pi compared with most other FE options saves
>> significantly more power.  Running a few frontends quickly adds up the
>> benefit.
>>
>
> Indeed
>
>  I also understand a backend can be configured to power on and off as
>> required.
>>
>
> If you are prepared for the downsides to that.
>
>  The benefits of the R'pi are not limited to power saving, as size, CEC
>> and quietness also come to mind.
>>
>
> Indeed, those are good advantages. I have quite a large desktop (media
> centre) PC under my TV which happens to be OK for me as it fits on the
> cabinet that the old CRT sat on before I upgraded to a newer set. Without
> that cabinet, I'd be finding the current frontend a bit on the large side.
> The upside is that my frontend was cheap (second hand and scavenged bits).
>
>  I am not especially lobbying for this to happen, but rather simply being
>> interested in some comment about this approach as it seems one that has not
>> enjoyed much consideration and for some hardware scenarios may well have
>> merit as an approach, so far it does not seem to be excluded as a viable
>> approach.  It may be, but I do not know, readily implemented within
>> existing mythtv options however this side of myth I do not know at all well.
>>
>
> I'm sure there are people looking at it - not necessarily MythTV devs as
> video is of interest to others as well. As someone else has already pointed
> out, decoding the video is only one piece of the jigsaw - it'll need a few
> others as well, though decoding the video is perhaps by far the most
> critical bit.
>
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