[mythtv-users] intel nuc's

[Robin Gilks]

> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Wayne Roberts
>> <wayne at therobertsfamily.eu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anybody got an intel nuc (i5) working as a frontend?
>>
>>
>> Not me personally, but there have been plenty of discussions on the
>> topic
>> and yes, people have got it working.  Check Gossamer
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtv&do=search_results&search_forum=forum_1&search_string=nuc&search_type=AND
>
>
> There are very long threads on xbmc forums about NUCs. Even the 2820
> model is a good performer for video, an i5 is gonna do all you want
> and more.
>
> Having said that there are differences of course between XBMC and
> Mythtv. Different playback engines of course, but importantly myth
> users place more emphasis on deinterlacing - for which I don't think
> you can beat nVidia.
>

I followed Nicks advice on an x-26y and I'm really pleased with it.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Cheapest-X-26Y-C1037U-2G-RAM-32G-SSD-mini-pc-tv-itx-case-game-pc-Support/1423478759.html

I'm running it with the opengl playback profile and greedy highmotion x2
deinterlacer and it runs at 25-30% CPU load. Fanless operation so really
quiet. The only fiddle I had with Mythbuntu-14 LTS was to build a version
of the mceusb kernel driver that would run correctly on a USB3 port.



-- 
Robin Gilks