<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:59 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"><span class=""><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">If you search liva+mythtv on google you will find some results that should address at least some of your questions. This is the one I'm most interested in <a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-January/375223.html" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/<u></u>pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-<u></u>January/375223.html</a>, though that deals with a FE/BE running, amazingly, on that hardware.</blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I did see some of those threads, but I'm a little concerned about some of the questions that I asked. I bought a raspberry pi to use with xbmc/kodi, and before buying it, people said it worked. Technically, yes, it does work, but at a subpar experience. Menus are slow, especially when scrolling. Decoding h.264 works, but try throwing something else at it (like mpeg2 without the license), and it gets sluggish. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>pi or pi2? pi2 is quite a different kettle of fish perfomance wise in menus etc. It has the same GPU but a much faster CPU.</div><div><br></div><div>And yeah the mpeg2 license is very very cheap.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I also bought a firetv after the pi died for use with kodi. Just like the pi, it works, but there's some quirks with it. For example, it doesn't decode mpeg2 very well, the menus are quick, but my old lirc remote doesn't work so I'm forced to use only a few buttons with the firetv remote. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm just trying to see what the consensus is on this box, now since a month or two has passed. It looks like it works, but there are some quirks with it....which is kind of steering me away from it and finding something cheap with vdpau support. </div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><div>____________</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:28 PM, James Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gajs-f0el@dea.spamcon.org" target="_blank">gajs-f0el@dea.spamcon.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Michael Wisniewski wrote:<br>
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A few months ago, there was some talk about using the ECS Liva as a mythtv<br>
frontend. I was wondering how it is working out for you. Some questions<br>
in particular:<br>
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- Is there a page setup for a 'best practices' on how to get it up and<br>
running?<br>
- Is it an x64 processor?<br>
- Have there been any hiccups with playing mpeg2 files and h264 through<br>
mythtv?<br>
- Is the programming guide or anything else slow?<br>
<br>
Long time myth user from awhile ago and moved to xbmc/Kodi. The PVR<br>
function works, but it's not as nice and user friendly as the mythtv<br>
frontend. I'd like to keep a kodi box and get a cheap myth frontend box.<br>
Spending a hundred some bucks on the liva is pretty cost effective.<br>
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If you search liva+mythtv on google you will find some results that should address at least some of your questions. This is the one I'm most interested in <a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-January/375223.html" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/<u></u>pipermail/mythtv-users/2015-<u></u>January/375223.html</a>, though that deals with a FE/BE running, amazingly, on that hardware.<div><div><br>
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