[mythtv-users] fire tv stick for 19.99

[Matt Emmott]

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.
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