[mythtv-users] Recommendations needed for new FE box

Ashu Desai ashu.desai at gmail.com
Thu Jul 26 19:03:16 UTC 2018


On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 1:05 PM John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 11:47 AM Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 10:59 AM Jeremy D Eiden <
>> theonlyrealperson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/26/2018 10:46 AM, George Poulson wrote:
>>>
>>> On 26 July 2018 at 16:07, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is there something that folks here have - i am open to buying bare
>>>> metal and building one up myself...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you're open to it as a solution the Raspberry Pi 3 makes a pretty
>>> darn good (and very cheap!) frontend.
>>>
>>> You'll find various articles both on the mythtv wiki and elsewhere.
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I second this.  LibreElec on a RaspPi 3 B+ has nearly flawless
>>> playback.  Some menus are great, but others (like Recordings) I find a
>>> little clunky.  Not terrible, just clunky.
>>>
>>> And it just worked. Install, enable Myth's plugin and configure the
>>> plugin to point to the backend - and it was good to go.
>>>
>>> The playback looks nicer than my NUC's, I think. But really, it's hard
>>> to tell.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Does this also play H.265 HEVC content?  Are there any "step by step
>> installation" guide I can follow please?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>
> The next version of MythTV should have decent support for running
> mythfrontend on an Android TV box.  There is active development happening
> on the nVidia Shield, and it reportedly is usable in the current "master"
> version of MythTV.
>
> A Raspberry Pi is a bit more stable (at the moment), but the nVidia Shield
> is going to be more powerful.
>

Can you recommend a (or few) Android TV boxes? I would like to compare
their form factor, etc with RP 3 B+ here...



> For example, if you use "timestretch" the nVidia Shield provides a better
> experience.  On the other hand, captions are still a work in progress on
> the Android TV.
>
> I believe that H.265 playback "works" on the Shield, but it is not
> perfect, yet.
>
> I have a Shield and hope to get mythfrontend built and running on it in
> the next couple of weeks.
>
> John
>
>
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