[mythtv-users] Build of Android Mythfrontend

[Peter Bennett]

On 1/7/22 6:37 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
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> 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.
>>
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> 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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You need to be more specific than "It really is having issues.". What 
precisely is the problem?


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