<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Scott Lipcon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slipcon@gmail.com" target="_blank">slipcon@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">Just to add my experience - I bought one of the new ECS Liva-X models to use as a second frontend. I got the higher end (4G/64G) model, but I think the 2G/32G one would work just as well. It works ok as a frontend, but not without some difficulties. I had to upgrade to Mythbuntu 14.10 (I would have preferred to use the 14.04 LTS releases) in order to get reliable HDMI audio. It wont boot at all if the TV isn't powered on at boot-up, which is annoying but not a dealbreaker. I spent the most time trying to get it to not lose its mind whenever the TV was off - I had to disable various screensaving/power saving options, DPMS, etc - either HDMI video wouldn't come back, or HDMI audio, or both - but eventually I got that set right, and it seems to be working well. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I was able to successfully deploy two Mythbuntu 12 frontends on the Liva, but HDMI audio only worked after I did a kernel upgrade to 3.16 or something like that. I have one Liva hooked up to an Onkyo receiver, so it is not directly connected to the TV. The other Liva is connected directly to the TV and I have not noticed any issues with booting. I'll need to check that to see if mine only boots properly if the TV is on. <br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I also don't think I'm correctly using VAAPI - the software decode works well enough, with the CPU usage around 60-70% on top while playing back HDHR-CC content. I don't know if future kernel/driver updates will allow the VAAPI to work, or solve the 'reboot with TV off' problem - but its good enough as-is, and for $220, I'm happy. I also considered the older zotac boxes, but they seemed a bit less "turnkey" - having to add RAM and disk, or netboot, so it would be been a bit more expensive.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think I tried both VAAPI and OpenGL and couldn't decide which one looked better. I never noticed CPU usage running that high with my HDHR HD content. I'll check into this and see what mine is doing.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Scott</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Ozzy Lash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ozzy.lash@gmail.com" target="_blank">ozzy.lash@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:32 PM, 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"> I was then thinking about ditching the whole thing and getting an i3 nuc....but then I would add more for memory. <div><br></div><div>Decisions, decisions..... If only the Atom boxes were cheaper.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I think the NUCs all have intel graphics, so I think you would have similar issues with it as with the Liva in terms of video quality.<br><br></div><div>Bill <br></div></div></div></div>
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