<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Michael Wisniewski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikewiz38@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikewiz38@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">A few months ago, there was some talk about using the ECS Liva as a mythtv frontend. I was wondering how it is working out for you. Some questions in particular:<div><br></div><div>- Is there a page setup for a 'best practices' on how to get it up and running?</div><div>- Is it an x64 processor? </div><div>- Have there been any hiccups with playing mpeg2 files and h264 through mythtv? </div><div>- Is the programming guide or anything else slow?</div><div><br></div><div>Long time myth user from awhile ago and moved to xbmc/Kodi. The PVR function works, but it's not as nice and user friendly as the mythtv frontend. I'd like to keep a kodi box and get a cheap myth frontend box. Spending a hundred some bucks on the liva is pretty cost effective. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
mythtv-users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>
MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I believe the general consensus is that it works well in all areas. The only caveat that I am aware of is that the deinterlacer is not as good as VDPAU on NVidia. To my eyes, it was a noticeable drop in quality. YMMV.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-Tom</div></div>