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

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Xander <lexvictory at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sunday, 9 November 2014, 13:49, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>>> > 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.
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>>>> 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
>>>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
>>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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> Assuming the Windows version is the standard x86 variety could you not just use the windows version of Myth FE? I imagine the HW decoding stuff would hook into DXVA, which is compiled into the MythWindows builds I do.
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> Sorry if formatting of message is munted; using webmail.
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I have been hassling the vendor to ship, and he has now put shipping
off to the 25th. However to appease my grumpiness he is DHLing instead
of china-snail-mail-post.


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