[mythtv-users] Build of Android Mythfrontend

[Jim Abernathy]

On 1/7/22 4:25 AM, John wrote:
> On 07/01/2022 01:37, James Abernathy wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:18 AM James Abernathy 
>> <jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>     On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 10:43 AM Peter Bennett
>>     <pb.mythtv at gmail.com <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         How is the 4k max with leanfront and mythfrontend? I do not
>>         have a 4k max so I don't know how well it works.
>>
>>         The fire stick 4k does not play mpeg4 part 2 (divx/xvid), but
>>         the specs look like the 4k max may play it. You would have to
>>         use mkvmerge or another tool to convert to mp4 or mkv,
>>         because leanfront will not play avi files.
>>
>>         Peter
>>
>>
>>     I find the Max very comparable to the Shield TV on mythfrontend
>>     except start up time. Video quality, to me, is the same. I have
>>     always used the Shield TV and FireTV 4K to watch either mpeg2
>>     recordings or my videos which are mp4.  I created those videos by
>>     using mythfrontend to take recordings, edit out the commercials
>>     and use a mythtv job (sendTVtoNAS) to convert them to mp4 and
>>     move them to my video directory which is on the NAS. They were as
>>     well on FireTV as any frontend.  Leanfront also works.
>>
>>     I got sentTVtoNAS on the mythtv forum and slightly modified it.
>>     That script uses handbrake to compress and convert. It first
>>     strips the parts that are marked as commercials and then
>>     converts.
>>     https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1261&p=7857&hilit=sendtvtonas#p6179
>>     <https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1261&p=7857&hilit=sendtvtonas#p6179>
>>
>>     Jim A
>>
>>
>> I set up my FireTV 4K Max with the mythtv-frontend Pre32.  It really 
>> is having issues. I have it set up the same as the previous version. 
>> Leanfront is still showing the videos perfectly, so it's not the 
>> recording. It took a while to get it working because the backend is 
>> on Archlinux and I had to dig to get it to allow the FireTV to 
>> connect because mariadb is configured differently on Arch.  If I'm 
>> the only one reporting issues with this version, it must be Arch 
>> configuration. The backend is a 11th gen Intel NUC so it should not 
>> be a performance issue and the mythfrontend on the NUC plays the same 
>> video perfectly just like Leanfront.
>>
>> Also I've reset the FIreTV and that didn't help.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Jim A
>>
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> For UK recordings (h264-mpeg4 avc (part 10)) 1920*1080 50Hz 
> performance is unchanged for latest master on FireTV max.
>
> For FireTV 4K i get picture judder (fine with Leanfront) but this 
> again is the same as before, I suspect the TV.
>
> Shield TV fine for Leanfront and frontend.
>
> Mediacodec hardware decoding and playback selected.
>

I also have a Pre32 backend setup on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Bullseye 
64 bit and the FireTV 4K Max running the new mythfrontend v32 had the 
same issues with it.  So I'll try to setup today to capture some logs.

Jim A


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