[mythtv-users] Thoughts on this pico pc?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sun Feb 8 03:00:07 UTC 2015


On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Andrew Theurer <andrew.theurer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 5 Feb 2015, at 8:09 am, "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Dave MythTV <dave.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:57 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_134110.html?currency=USD&gclid=CjwKEAiA5qOlBRDAn8K5qen65joSJADRvlbqblHfMdGK5RZZOy1bOh6wGTsO04j-6sa044K4ZvviBxoCpgLw_wcB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apparently there is an 8% off + free shipping code on RetailMeNot... but
>>>>>>>> since this only charges at ship, I'm not sure if it will actually work and I
>>>>>>>> read that they have a $5 "local return" option so you don't need to ship
>>>>>>>> overseas in the event of a dud... didn't see how to request it though.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So overall, for $93, it may be a great frontend?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Before I pull the trigger, I wanted folks who have tried mythtv on a Bay
>>>>>>>> Trail SOC to chime in... I like the idea of the stick in another thread, but
>>>>>>>> without LAN adapter, I think I would rather just tape this on the back of
>>>>>>>> the TV and have reliable bandwidth for any media I want to play.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Found another site that gave me coupon code "PipoX7LM" that brings the
>>>>>>> price down to $89.98.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geek Buying has it at $97, and they don't say its a preorder... might be
>>>>>>> a safer bet?  They have local return option for $2.99 during checkout, and
>>>>>>> 3-5 day shipping via DHL is only $10.
>>>>>>> http://www.geekbuying.com/item/PIPO-X7-Windows-8-1-Smart-Mini-PC-TV-Box-Media-Player-2G-RAM-32G-ROM-Intel-3736F-1-8GHz-Quad-Core---Silver-339668.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I really want to order a couple... but would love to hear your thoughts!
>
> I finally got mine.  Installation was a pain.  It only will boot from
> 32-bit UEFI, so that makes installing 64-bit linux a little tricky.  I
> was able to install "fedlet", a modified Fedora after about 4
> attempts.  I had to enable just 1 core to get it to complete.
>
> The wired network is also total crap.  It uses a chipset which is
> known to be quite bad (dm9601).  So far I've had no success in getting
> it to work.  As far as I can tell, Linux can't find the wireless
> device.  I am not sure if I'll continue to try to get this to work or
> drop it.

I am not sure what chipset your box has, but if it is the z3735f intel
set, I got the wireless to work with this driver (this is part of a
quick howto I put on g+ earlier today - my machine is a guleek i8. The
instructions are for ubuntu):

1. Install git, build-essential and kernel-headers-generic.

2. git clone https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723as.git

3. cd rtl8723as

4. make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe r8723bs

5. You should now have wifi.


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