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

[Paul Kendall]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
wrote:

> On 02/13/2015 12:12 AM, Paul Kendall wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Tom Harris <thom.j.harris at gmail.com
>> <mailto:thom.j.harris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     Was there ever a verdict from the early adopters of these?   Are they
>> usable
>>     as MythTV frontends?
>>
>>     - Does audio work in Linux?
>>     - Any video acceleration support with VAAPI?
>>
>>
>> They work as frontends quite well. There are some problems with them be
>> so new
>> though.
>> Audio over HDMI does not work as yet. i.e. the device is not recognized
>> at all.
>> The wireless works when you build a module from github.
>> The bluetooth is not recognized. It's part of the wireless networking
>> chip.
>>
>> VAAPI works well. I have an external USB soundcard plugged in and a USB
>> ethernet
>> and it's
>> a perfectly usable frontend. Pretty much all my content is h264 here in
>> NZ.
>>
>> I would however wait till audio is supported over HDMI before getting
>> another one.
>>
>
> What is the wireless chip in these devices?
>
> Larry
>
>
Realtek RTL8723BS The repository is https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs

Paul
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