[mythtv-users] Time to move to an HDMI stick for FEs?

[Joseph Fry]

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>> > > So I came across this article at Neowin.net regarding a Windows 8
>> HDMI stick:
>> http://www.neowin.net/news/intel-bay-trail-based-usb-stick-capable-of-running-windows-81-goes-on-sale
>> > >
>> > > In addition to the Windows stick, it mentions that both Microsoft and
>> Mozilla are coming out with ChromeCast-style sticks of their own. I started
>> to wonder... Is it time to throw away the dream of the $99 FE and look to
>> devices like these instead? They would be low power, easy to setup and
>> maintain (well, to plug into the tv), and cheaper than an entire computer.
>> >
>> > The standard response to such queries - which are very common these
>> days - is :
>> > While some of these may be able to play some of the media type, they
>> generally have a number of downsides. The biggest of these is that to work,
>> someone has to write the frontend to run on that platform.
>> > After that, there are often restrictions on decoding (closed libraries,
>> limited stream type support).
>> > And then there are often significant restrictions - eg small memory
>> sizes.
>> >
>> > So yes, for some of them it is probably possible to port the frontend.
>> But it's going to take someone with the skills, knowledge, time, and most
>> importantly desire to do it.
>> >
>> > Not using the Myth Frontend means not getting the Myth user experience.
>> >
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>> Your standard response doesn't really work here - the device is an
>> Intel IA processor (ok, it's in the Atom family but will run the x86 code
>> without modification) and has Intel HD graphics (VAAPI)
>>
>> Here is a link to the datasheet for the processor
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>> https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/atom/atom-z36xxx-z37xxx-datasheet-vol-1.html
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> The data sheet for this processor states:
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> - Full HW acceleration for decode of H.264, MPEG2, MVC, VC-1, VP8, MJPEG
> - Full HW acceleration for encode of H.264, MPEG2, MVC
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> The decode I knew about.  The encode is interesting for transcoding and
> streaming MPEG2 content.  Does ffmpeg have any support for this?
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No... the only open source transcoder I have found for VAAPI that I am
aware of is gstreamer.... but it's broken at the moment.
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