[mythtv-users] new PC build that's MythTV compatible

[Paul Gardiner]

On 02/11/2020 07:01, Phill Edwards wrote:
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> On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 16:09, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net 
> <mailto:lists at glidos.net>> wrote:
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>      >> My research says Linux drivers are available for AMD, Nvidia, and
>      >> Intel so I'm hoping Mythtv would work fine. However, my son says to
>      >> stay with Radeon if I go Ryzen 5 3600 for gaming software
>      >> compatibility. (I have no idea why)
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>      >> Any opinions on any of this?
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>      >> Jim A
>      >>
>      >That's waaaay more power than MythTV needs.
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>     Seconded. I've just started using this tiny thing for a front end:
>     https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-n40-mini-pc. It
>     plays everything I throw at it flawlessly. 1080p/i always perfectly
>     smooth, including HEVC encoded video.
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> Thirded. I know you said you want to run apps other than MythTV, but FYI 
> I just bought a new Chromecast With Google TV and it runs MythTV 
> Mythfrontend app and the Leanfront app fine. FYI for anyone else 
> installing Mythfrontend, you need the 32 bit APK file.

Do you get flawlessly smooth playback of 1080i content on that when 
using Mythfrontend? I've yet to achieve that on anything ARM based, 
although I haven't tried any very recent hardware.

Paul.