[mythtv-users] Fronted advice

[Damian]

On 26/03/2015 18:43, Ozzy Lash wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Damian <myth at surr.co.uk
> <mailto:myth at surr.co.uk>> wrote:
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>     On 25/03/2015 22:50, John Marshall wrote:
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>             Never heard of Kodi, so I'll have a look into that.
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>         It's just the new name for XBMC.
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>                 Kodi users have had good success with the ~$150
>                 Chromeboxes, though it
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>             I wouldn't have a google based device if they were giving
>             them away. :-)
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>         Well, you'd be wiping ChromeOS and using Linux, but I understand
>         your sentiment.
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>                 Note that you'll have Intel graphics with a Chromebox.
>                 The same goes
>                 for the ECS Liva Eric mentioned.
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>
>             Thanks John. Is Intel graphics what I should be getting with
>             for Myth?
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>         If money/form-factor are not an issue, then NVidia is probably
>         best. But the Intel solutions (depending on version) seem to
>         work fine now, with perhaps slightly less-good deinterlacing and
>         maybe some driver fiddling.  I'd look in the archives for more
>         first-hand experience.
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>     Thanks John,
>
>     I'm getting very tempted by the Liva. Any other first hand
>     experiences of running it as a frontend before I take the plunge? :-)
>
>     And if I get one, should I stick to xfce and MythBuntu, or has it
>     got enough power to run Ubuntu (with MythBuntu ontop) well?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Damian
>
>
> I've been running one as a frontend since before Christmas, and I've had
> good luck.  I was replacing a first generation ION system that for some
> reason seemed to "leak" VDPAU buffers (it would give me a message that
> usually indicates you don't have enough RAM for VDPAU, but if I killed
> the mythfrontend process and started it again, it would be fine for a
> day or two).  In comparison, I would say the menus on the LIVA are far
> more snappy.  I don't really notice anything terrible with
> deinterlacing, but I don't record sports so it may just be that I
> haven't noticed.
>
> I run debian using openbox as a window manager.  Wireless does work, but
> I don't think bluetooth does.  Be careful putting the antenna wires on.
> They are tiny, and the first LIVA I got, I tried to pull the plastic
> covering off of one of the wires, and ended up pulling the connector
> off.  I ended up soldering that one.  I got a second LIVA, and with the
> aid of some 3x reading glasses I managed to get the connectors on in
> about 10 minutes.
>
> If you watch the Newegg Shellshockers, you can sometimes get them for
> $100.  They just did that on Tuesday, and I ordered yet another one.
> (Yes, I will soon have 3 of these, one for the living room frontend, one
> that will one day replace the frontend in the bedroom which is old, and
> power hungry, and one as either a hot standby, or to add another
> frontend somewhere, or maybe to just play around with).
>
> Bill

Thanks for that Bill,

Great to hear that other people are having success with it before I buy one!

Regards,
Damian