[mythtv-users] Quiet PC / Frontend recomendation

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Ian <mythtv at freakzilla.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2012, Jason McLeod wrote:
>
>> I just bought a Zotac Z-Box HD-41, and it is fantastic. The latest NVIDEA
>> drivers work on it, and VDPAU does a great job decoding videos. I stream my
>> HD antenna directly to it without any problems at all.
>
>
> I'll second this opinion. A few years ago I was looking to replace a very
> aging Mac Mini, which I was using as a front-end because, well, I had it
> lying around. Before that I had a machine I built, which is where most my
> computers come from, so I was looking to build another one for MythTV.
>
> But since I wanted a small and silent machine, I just couldn't match the
> price of a ready-made machine. I got an Acer Aspire Revo...
> something-or-other. It's tiny and it was cheap. It has an Atom processor and
> some kind of nvidia HDMI output. I too had it booting off the network for a
> year or so, but recently put a cheapo 8gb SSD drive in it so now it goes
> from power-on to MythTV in seconds. Again, it's several years old, cost
> about USD$300 and has absolutely no problem streaming 1080p video off the
> back-end server downstairs. I'd definitely look into those options.
>
> I'd LOVE to try a Raspberry PI for a front-end, though.

Not much chance of that without openmax support in mythtv.