[mythtv-users] CuBox as a front end?

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Sat Dec 21 02:18:18 UTC 2013


On 12/20/13, 6:46 PM, Tyler T wrote:
>>>> Regardless of whether it has sufficient video decode ability, MythTV
>>>> does not have support for hardware decoding on it or any other ARM SoC.
>>> yet...
>>>
>>> I'm working on it..
>> Wow, that's excellent.  There are so many nice little low power devices out
>> there, and there have been lots of myth users wanting to use them.  It will
>> be great to have a small, low power, inexpensive device that can do MythTV
>> well.   With built-in IR and HW video accel, this thing looks great.
> Yeah I turned ten shades of thrilled when I found out about this. :)
> The other nice thing about the Cubox is the eSATA port (on some
> models), so you should be able to use one for a low-power backend too.
> But a low-power low-cost frontend is definitely the crown jewel.
>
> There seems to be 6 different models of CuBox though -- CuBox ($120),
> CuBox Pro ($160), CuBox i1 ($50), CuBox i2 ($75), CuBox i2Ultra
> ($110), and CuBox i4Pro ($125). I guess I will have to wait for
> Jean-Yves' input on which model(s) are targeted for development before
> I buy three of them. Or four.
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>
I have the CuBox Pro. Have held off on the newer models for a bit, I'm a
bit low on funds.  :/


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