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

[Paul Gardiner]

On 02/11/2020 22:43, Phill Edwards wrote:
> 
>      > 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.
> 
> 
> Sorry, I don't know as I haven't tried it. I'm not sure if any of the 
> Australian DVB-T broadcasts are 1080i. But the device is supposed to 
> support 4K, so would that mean 1080i would be OK?

You can determine if a video is progressing or interlaced during 
playback by using Menu -> Video - Advanced (I think that's right). I'd 
imagine most sports would be interlaced, and maybe news reports.