[mythtv-users] Standalone music player with mythfrontend on Raspberry PI?

[Karl Dietz]

On 28.12.2012 17:50, Gordon McCrae wrote:
> On 28/12/12 16:26, Karl Dietz wrote:
>> On 10.12.2012 11:03, Gordon McCrae wrote:
>>> I'm looking to add music playback functionality into a room with no TV
>>> display, so the normal MythTV frontend isn't appropriate.
>>
>> I can imagine a Raspberry PI + LCD Display + Remote Control being a
>> nice solution for the task at hand. Obviously its build instead of buy.
>>
>> Thinking about the details it makes a nice milestone on the way to a
>> full MythTV frontend on limited devices as you get away with only
>> reducing memory usage a bit (you can tear out all big pictures via a
>> dedicated theme) instead of squeezing everything in. And you don't need
>> to hook up the video decoder if you restrict yourself to MythMusic.

 > I'm thinking more of a non-MythTV device like one of the devices from
 > Logitech, Sony, etc.

I thought so, but your use case made such a nice milestone that I had
to suggest it :-)

Regards,
Karl