[mythtv-users] MythTV vs XBMC

[jedi]

On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 10:03:46AM -0700, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> > On 5/8/2014 8:14 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 08:10 -0400, Greg Thompson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I believe XBMC looks the same everywhere since they decided to use All
> >>> OpenGL for their interface, rather than QT and a window manager...
> >>
> >> And so yes, MythFE could copy that and shed baggage, etc., but again
> >>
> >> with the shoulders of giants.
> >
> >
> > Every time that is suggested in earnest, it is met with all kinds of push
> > back from users wanting to run on low end machines that don't have the GPU
> > necessary to run OpenGL only.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> It's 2014. At some point these "low end machines" should be able to
> run OpenGL right? I mean, are there lots of users that run MythTV on a
> PIII?

    I am waiting with great anticipation for these ARM based machines to 
become more capable than my ION1 hardware. I have quite literally gone 
through 3 generations of ARM based streamers so far and I don't really see
any end in sight.

    That's the minimium bar that ARM hardware has to reach in order to be 
able to deal with the commonly available consumer video formats.

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