[mythtv-users] Frontend Appliance, Maybe

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 04:39:54 UTC 2013


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Ken Mink <ken.mink at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>    There's been a number of posts about low power or small frontend boxes. I
> thought I'd share some info on my current project and get some feedback on
> the viability of it.
>
>    Years ago I used 1st gen AppleTVs as MythTV Frontend boxes. They were
> small, quiet, and reasonably cheap. They have a NVidia GPU that was
> supported by XvMC. However, they could only handle up to 720p and there was
> no support for HDMI audio. With XvMC being EOL'ed in Myth and more and more
> 1080(i/p) content, I switched to NVidia ION based frontends. I tried,
> unsuccessfully, to sell my ATV1s and they ended up on the parts shelf.
>
>      I recently I discovered that a lot of ATV1s were being re-purposed as
> XMBC boxes by replacing the Mini-PCIe WiFi cards with a CrystalHD cards. I
> prefer the MythTV frontend to XBMC(just a personal preference). Since MythTV
> supports CrystalHD, I figured I give a whirl. I currently have Ubuntu
> 12.04lts with MythTV 0.25.3 and NVidia 304 running on a ATV1. MythTV is
> playing SD recordings fine with HDMI audio. I haven't tackled LIRC yet, I'm
> just using a keyboard.
>
>      I haven't ordered a CrystalHD card yet. How is MythTV's support for
> CrystalHD? I've been googling and there's not too much info. It all seems to
> relate to XBMC.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
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Ken,
Looks like there is support for the 970015:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Crystalhd

I have put one into my ATV1.  It's currently running CrystalBuntu,
based on 8.04.  What process did you follow to install 12.04 on your
ATV?

Thanks,
Steve



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