[mythtv-users] What's missing from the RpI now?

[Tyler T]

>> MPEG2 Licences avaliable which should cover most encoders (ie DVB);

Sweet! Ordered! The Raspberry Pi will be the perfect FE mate for my
SheevaPlug BE. Since I record from my HDHR, MPEG-2 playback was my
only hangup.I really look forward to a power-sipping, silent, solid
state, totally ARM, DVR system.

> Still need someone to write support for that decode API in MythTV. Still
> need someone to clean up memory usage so the frontend is happy running on a
> system with well under 200MB available.

Might just be time to fork a lightweight FE. People with 4GB, 3GHz FEs
are unlikely to be happy with software optimized for 200Mb, 700Mhz.
But with a purchase price of $35 + $2.40, the RPi might be the hottest
media player since... well, ever. No other hardware comes close to
that price.