[mythtv-users] android sticks

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Mon Aug 26 15:32:37 UTC 2013


jansenj wrote:
> Has anyone tried to use anandroid stick to just play back recorded TV? I don't know if they have sufficient video hw acceleration for 1080i mpg2.

Welcome back from outer space where I assume you must have been for the last couple of weeks :D See the threads related to ARM and Raspberry Pi - been discussed to death and there are several significant problems to be overcome, the scale of which varies with the device specs :
1) Many of the ARM devices have limited codec support so may not have codecs for required formats
2) The API for the video system may not be documented, or may only be documented to poeple who can sign an NDA
3) The devices often have relatively small memories
4) They pretty well all have relatively low CPU power
5) ARM is where I recall "PC"s being up until a lot of standardisation in the early 80s. Thus it's not like "it's a PC, it'll run i386", it's a case of having to build a system specific to a hardware device - with knowledge of where they've hidden all the I/O devices etc.

*Some* ARM devices wil be capable of running a Myth frontend, and there's some debate as to where the line lies between "not good enough" and "acceptable". However it'll need someone to have enough of an itch that they sit down and do all the dev work to use the video systems etc.


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