[mythtv-users] MythTV on Kodi

[Scott Harris]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

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> On 6/24/2015 10:26 PM, Phill Edwards wrote:
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>> Sounds good - I may give that a go. I have been using Kodi but not as a
>> frontend for MythTV. When it comes to recording and watching TV I think the
>> functionality on Mythfrontend outweighs what's available in Kodi. As an
>> example, I have a recording template for Movies which has a set of
>> customised settings that are used when recording a program listed as a
>> movie. I don't think Kodi allows you to do this, and neither does Mythweb
>> for that matter - so Mythfrontend has some features that are really useful
>> and not available using any other frontend UI.
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> Small logical disconnect here. When I started this thread (I love it when
> a thread takes off like this!) I never intended to use Kodi for recording
> -- that's the function of Myth*Backend*. That's why I have a big, beefy
> server with terabytes of storage in the garage for. Mythfrontend, of
> course, does not perform recording. When you have a unified solo box it
> runs both mythfrontend and mythbackend. Perfectly acceptable and the way I
> started using MythTV many years ago.
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> But my inquiry was on replacing my frontends with something small. I mean
> really small. Raspberry Pi small. The consensus is that the hardware has
> arrived for frontend functionality. Now we need the software.
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The biggest issue I have with Kodi replacing mythfrontend on anything small
(I've tried a FireTV, couple ARM boxes....not a RPi 2 yet) is it will play
everything I can throw at it.....except anything recorded off of my local
720p broadcasts (namely FOX and ABC).  With that specific set of
recordings, it jumps and lags and the audio is out of sync; it's
horrendous.  I'm pretty sure it's an issue with Kodi and not the units too,
as I can play those same recordings through DLNA apps that detect my
backend flawlessly.
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