[mythtv-users] Fronted advice

Damian myth at surr.co.uk
Wed Mar 25 22:35:33 UTC 2015


On 25/03/2015 21:29, John Marshall wrote:
> On 3/25/2015 4:07 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:02 PM, John Marshall 
>> <mythtv at marshallparty.org> wrote:
>>> On 3/25/2015 1:03 PM, Damian wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I got a bit excited todat when I started to read about the Rasbery 
>>>> Pi 2.
>>>> I love the idea of buying one of those as a MythTV frontend.
>>>> Unfortunately, further reading seemed to conclude that that's still 
>>>> not
>>>> an option.
>>>
>>>
>>> It's an option if you don't mind using Kodi(XBMC) as your frontend.
>>
>> If you're used to the native mythfrontend experience, Kodi feels far
>> inferior.  At least, that's my opinion.  (Full disclosure: I've only
>> tried it on my cell phone. YMMV)
>
> I've tried it for research but don't use it all the time.  The Guide 
> looks nice and live TV is fine.  I don't like browsing for recordings 
> as much in it, and I never scheduled anything with it, but those 
> functions work.  I don't think the player skips around as well.  
> Mainly it feels like using Kodi, not Myth.
>
> That being said, getting something for ~$50 that actually works, and 
> works reasonably well (apparently the Pi's deinterlacer is pretty 
> good, and Pi2 is quicker), is a pretty good deal.  Plus Kodi has other 
> useful plugins, such as one to play videos from movie trailer sites, 
> MLB.com highlights, TV shows from network sites, etc, and I actually 
> prefer its music player.  Of course, Kodi can be added as an option in 
> Myth's main menu for those occasions, which is what I do.  But for a 
> secondary TV, an inferior $50 solution might be more attractive than a 
> good $100-200+ one.  Also note the Pi's HDMI supports CEC, and it has 
> composite outputs, which may be an advantage for some people.  It is 
> likely to use less electricity than any other solution.  So, pros & cons.
Good points John

I may give Kodi(XBMC) another try and see if I can handle it.

Thanks,
Damian


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