[mythtv-users] ECS LIVA Frontend

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Oct 6 22:14:28 UTC 2015


On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Michael Wisniewski <mikewiz38 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> If you search liva+mythtv on google you will find some results that should
>> address at least some of your questions. This is the one I'm most
>> interested in http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-
>> January/375223.html, though that deals with a FE/BE running, amazingly,
>> on that hardware.
>
>
> I did see some of those threads, but I'm a little concerned about some of
> the questions that I asked.  I bought a raspberry pi to use with xbmc/kodi,
> and before buying it, people said it worked.  Technically, yes, it does
> work, but at a subpar experience.  Menus are slow, especially when
> scrolling.  Decoding h.264 works, but try throwing something else at it
> (like mpeg2 without the license), and it gets sluggish.
>

pi or pi2? pi2 is quite a different kettle of fish perfomance wise in menus
etc. It has the same GPU but a much faster CPU.

And yeah the mpeg2 license is very very cheap.


> I also bought a firetv after the pi died for use with kodi.  Just like the
> pi, it works, but there's some quirks with it.  For example, it doesn't
> decode mpeg2 very well, the menus are quick, but my old lirc remote doesn't
> work so I'm forced to use only a few buttons with the firetv remote.
>
> I'm just trying to see what the consensus is on this box, now since a
> month or two has passed.  It looks like it works, but there are some quirks
> with it....which is kind of steering me away from it and finding something
> cheap with vdpau support.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> ____________
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:28 PM, James Miller <gajs-f0el at dea.spamcon.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Michael Wisniewski wrote:
>>
>> A few months ago, there was some talk about using the ECS Liva as a mythtv
>>> frontend.  I was wondering how it is working out for you.  Some questions
>>> in particular:
>>>
>>> - Is there a page setup for a 'best practices' on how to get it up and
>>> running?
>>> - Is it an x64 processor?
>>> - Have there been any hiccups with playing mpeg2 files and h264 through
>>> mythtv?
>>> - Is the programming guide or anything else slow?
>>>
>>> Long time myth user from awhile ago and moved to xbmc/Kodi.  The PVR
>>> function works, but it's not as nice and user friendly as the mythtv
>>> frontend.  I'd like to keep a kodi box and get a cheap myth frontend box.
>>> Spending a hundred some bucks on the liva is pretty cost effective.
>>>
>>
>> If you search liva+mythtv on google you will find some results that
>> should address at least some of your questions. This is the one I'm most
>> interested in http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-
>> January/375223.html, though that deals with a FE/BE running, amazingly,
>> on that hardware.
>>
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