[mythtv-users] fire tv as mythtv frontend

[HP-mini]

On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 16:46 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Bryan Dagerman <bdagerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The XBMC wiki on it says it doesn't do hardware decode of MPEG-2, which is
> > (I think) what recordings from the HDHomeRun are. So if that is the case, I
> > wonder how well it will do playing those recordings.
> 
> HDHR recordings, like all digital TV recordings in mythtv are whatever
> the broadcaster sends, so yes in the US/Canada that is mpeg 2. Here it
> is h264.
> 
> I think it will handle mpeg2 ok in software, but deinterlacing is
> definitely an issue.
> 
> Also of course android seems to be stuck on 60Hz playback, which sucks
> for 24p movies or PAL countries.
> 
> I was initially interested in importing one, but my interest has waned
> over these issues. I'd be more interested in a $169US chromebox, which
> will run linux, including openelec.
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nVidia Jetson TK1 ?
Will be even more money ~US$200 but with proper GPU h/w & driver.
But it's not shipping yet..