[mythtv-users] Quiet cheap frontend for 1080p
Pieter De Wit
pieter at insync.za.net
Fri Oct 5 20:54:19 UTC 2012
On 6/10/2012 09:26, Fa wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com
> <mailto:nick.rout at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2012 7:52 AM, "Pieter De Wit" <pieter at insync.za.net
> <mailto:pieter at insync.za.net>> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/10/2012 07:48, MonkeyPet wrote:
> >>
> >> I am looking for turnkey solution. I have the raspberry pi
> that can run xbmc and do hardware decoding at 1080p, but it will
> never run the mythfrontend since it is lacking enough ram and a
> fast cpu.
> >
> >
> > Same here - this device has 1gig of RAM and *can* run
> Ubuntu....have a look at the specs and google it a bit. From what
> I see, the "turnkey" part will be:
> >
> > * Flash SDCard with ubuntu
> > * Insert SDCard
> > * Boot device
> > * apt-get install mythfrontend
> > * Connect to backend
> > * Done
> >
>
> You missed "find a video acceleration that will work with MythTV."
>
> Most ARM systems use openmax for acceleration. Myth does not
> support openmax.
>
>
> Yup, that's the reason why my raspberry pi won't be a turnkey solution
> for a mythfrontend.
>
>
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/06/13/hardware-packs-for-allwinner-a10-devices-and-easier-method-to-create-a-bootable-ubuntu-12-04-sd-card/
I think those include a new video driver now that "is support" - I'll
check it out and see - Android TV can't be that bad either, for me at
least :)
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