[mythtv-users] fire tv stick for 19.99

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 5:49 AM, Tom Harris <thom.j.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> > I don't know whether the fire tv stick is different to the fire tv STB
>>> > (which is $100). However the STB has proved a capable XBMC machine, if
>>> > you take into account the limitations of Android (no HD audio, no auto
>>> > frame rate switching, no decent deinterlacing). You have to root or
>>> > sideload, and recent shipping versions have defeated the root method.
>>> > However sideloading still works. You can also use android apps like
>>> > NetFlix etc. Of course once you have XBMC you have a mythtv frontend
>>> > of sorts, although see above re deinterlacing. There are mixed reports
>>> > of mpeg2 abilities.
>>
>>
>> Plex is already released for the FIreTV. You can use the MythTV Plex
>> channel to connect to and view recordings (and it will auto-transcode when
>> remote), though the interface is clunky. I had Plex indexing all my
>> recordings via Symlinks created by Mythlink.pl with metadata and it worked
>> pretty well for a while, but broke a while ago and I'm not sure why. If I
>> spent a weekend banging on it I'd be able to get it back in shape I think.
>>
>> My FireTV stick arrives December 3rd so I'll be sure to report back.
>>
>>> >
>>> > Its not for me, but many people love them.
>>> >
>>> > If the stick can be used the same way, $20 is a very significant price
>>> > point, although does the stick have a wired ethernet port?
>>>
>>> LOL it does crack me up that we are now getting media devices's like
>>> this stick where the remote control is bigger than the computer!
>>>
>>
>> It's crazier than you think - I ordered a quad core Atom
>> PC-on-an-HDMI-stick from China last week. Should be here in a couple weeks
>> and I'm going to attempt to load MythBuntu on it. It allegedly can run a
>> full desktop OS.
>
>
>
> I was just checking those out too.  Please let us know how it goes for you.
> I was holding off to compare these to the similar hardware of the Google
> Nexus Player (also quad Atom).


I ordered one (I think we are talking about the same device) and am waiting...