<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com" target="_blank">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 05/08/2014 01:42 PM, Travis Tabbal wrote:<br>
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And I can bring another TV into the system for ~$50 (RPi, case, PSU, IR receiver).<br>
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Wow, I remember when MythTV was considered a high-end, luxury DVR system. I guess now, you all want cheap (and, no, I don't mean "inexpensive").<br>
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Personally, I'd rather spend my time working on a system that's more than the minimal functionality required to call itself a DVR.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br><br><div><div><div>Curious... Why "cheap"? It's certainly inexpensive.
However, the Pi is decently made, at least as well as any other SBC out
there. It supports HDMI/Audio/CEC, which all works out of the box
without hassling with ALSA configs etc.. Can support a simple IR
receiver, pretty much just the IR module itself connected to a couple
header pins. Some of the ease of use/setup comes down to a known platform vs having to support everything, but it's a valid point for a user. <br><br></div>As for "luxury", what's it missing? I would
posit that XBMC on a Pi can do almost anything a MythFE can do, and just
as well. The UI is very nice, extensive metadata support, "bling" for
those into that, Video/Audio/web/etc.. Loads of plugins for streaming
and other content. Sure, comskip would be nice, but I don't mind the
lack much. And it could be implemented if someone cared to. It's not
like it takes much CPU for that. I don't actually consider it a DVR,
it's a media center. DVR is a side gig for it, that I use MythBE for
anyway as it's a much nicer setup. It also handles archived media
better, compared to MythFE from a version back. I acknowledge it may
have improved since I last used it. I also acknowledge that my needs
might be different. For example, I don't care in the least about live
TV. That's a deal-breaker for some people. I'm sure there are other
things. <br><br></div></div>They aren't perfect, but they are very good. <br><div><div><br></div></div> </div></div><br></div></div>