[mythtv-users] MythTV on Kodi

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

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> On 6/22/2015 4:06 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
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>     Playback is great and yes, you do need/want the hardware acceleration
>> if you playback HD mpeg2 content.  If everything is mpeg 4, or only SD for
>> mpeg2 (dvd's) than you shouldn't need it.  there is also a license for VC-1
>> if you need that.
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>>  Both together will cost you about $5 USD.  A small price for a huge
>> performance jump.  I was able to play content un-accelerated, but it wasn't
>> smooth.
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>>  However if you transcode all your HD content to mpeg-4, or you use a
>> device that records HD in mpeg-4 you can probably pass on them and save
>> yourself $5.
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>>  Note: I have no experience with the rPi... just the rPi2.  I suspect
>> that the standard rPi may struggle to decode even SD mpeg 2... but the rPi2
>> plays it just fine in software (no license).
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>  The raspberry pi and the raspberry pi2 have the same GPU.
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>  The GPU decodes h.264 in hardware out of the box. It will certainly do
> up to bluray bitrates. With latest kodi test builds it will asl do MVC
> encoded 3D files in an mkv container and 3D MVC in an ISO is being worked
> on.
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>  The GPU decodes mpeg2 and VC-1 in hardware IF activated by purchasing a
> codec for a very small amount. It is purchased online and you get a key for
> each codec, which is unique to your pi/pi2.
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>  People have been using pi for SD xvid material for ages, whether this is
> decoded in hardware, or is just so light it is decoded by the pi CPU I am
> not sure.
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>  The pi2 has more ram and a quad core CPU. Because of those improvements
> it will do much more than a pi like:
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>  1. Much faster through menus and rendering fanart, UI etc
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>  2. Decode HD audio formats (DTS-HD/MA and Dolby TrueHD) and pass them as
> PCM to your AVR/Receiver (up to a certain bitrate). Pi does not have enough
> CPU for that.
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>  I believe in recent test builds there is also support for HEVC decoding
> up to a certain point (720p I think).
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>  Overall you wouldn't buy a pi now when a pi2 is the same price. If you
> have a pi and want to try it, then go for it, but know that a pi2 will be
> much better.
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> I actually own both a 1 and a 2. The 1 is hard to find now. I tried, gave
> up and bought a 2. I'm only using the 2 for Lakka right now which really
> doesn't stress it at all.
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> But I started this thread after seeing the Kodi wiki page about their
> MythTV plugin and wondering how capable it is. Sounds like a possibility.
> But still a couple of questions.
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> You say the RPI/2 has the *power* to downsample DTS, etc. to 2-channel but
> does Kodi offer this capability they way MythFrontend does?
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Yes.


> And someone brought up the issue of playing generic media files. Really
> important. I'm currently using mplayer externally through mythfrontend.
> Does Kodi play media files over the network?
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Hell yes, it can connect to SMB, NFS, SFTP, FTP, uPnP, HTTP, WebDAV and
probably more.
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