[mythtv-users] Chromecast

[marcus hall]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 06:50:50PM +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Tom Hayward <esarfl at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > They don't advertise MPEG2 support, but this would make MythTV support
> > much more useful (at least with my content).
> 
> Probably the same reason few phones/tablets support MPEG-2
> HW decode, in that the chip may be capable of it, but you save
> a few dollars per device by not licensing it (and you save
> bandwidth requirements too, which can be important when you
> are doing things wirelessly).

What about the various "thumb computers" like the Ug802, MK808B, Ug007, etc.?
They are about $40-45 on Amazon, have seemingly decent CPU and GPU devices
(I don't think they are supported by MythTV, though)..  They all run
Android 4.1 and claim to support 1080p with a ton of various video formats
supported.

It should be possible to run the Android front end on these, shouldn't it?
It may be possible to run the standard front end as well...  Any experience
with these devices?

marcus hall
marcus at tuells.org