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

[Paul Kendall]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Paul Kendall <pkendall64 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
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>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Tom Harris <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.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>>
> Hope I'm not comparing apples to oranges, but didn't the most recent
> Ubuntu update (or Linux kernel?) fix the audio issue with the ECS Liva,
> which has the same chipset?
>
> As the starter of the thread, it's embarrassing to admit that I haven't
> even taken mine out of the box yet.
>
> No, I believe the ECS Liva uses a Bay Trail-M whereas the Meegopad uses a
Bay Trail-T CR. They are quite different SoCs as the kernel sees them.

Cheers,
Paul
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