[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend for christmas

Jay Foster jayf0ster at roadrunner.com
Fri Dec 19 19:06:33 UTC 2014


On 12/19/2014 10:45 AM, John Marshall wrote:
> On 12/19/2014 9:30 AM, Josu Lazkano wrote:
>> Hello and thanks for the replies,
>>
>> ECS Liva really look interesting, but what about the HD contents,
>> which driver works with this device?
>>
>> The RPI could not manage the HD content.
>>
>> Kind regards.
>
> Many Kodi (formerly XMBC) users successfully use Raspberry Pis with HD 
> content up to 1080p.  I borrowed a friend's for testing and could play 
> a 1080p Bluray rip.  It also handled 1080i HDHR Prime recordings once 
> I purchased the mpeg2 license.  Reports on the forum are that the 
> deinterlacing on the Pi is quite good, but I didn't give it enough 
> scrutiny to compare to my NVidia cards. The Pi supports CEC.  So the 
> Pi, using OpenElec and Kodi as a frontend, is a viable cheap option.
>
> The just-announced ODroid-C1 is the same price as a Pi and seems more 
> powerful.  Android and Linux images are supported, so an actual Myth 
> frontend may be possible there as long as hardware mpeg2 deinterlacing 
> is supported.
>
> As for NUCs and Chromeboxes, you may want to check the Kodi forums 
> even if you plan on using MythFrontend.  They are quite popular there 
> and they each have discussion threads with reports from Linux users.  
> Just beware that different models have different capabilities.
>
>
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I was recently gifted a Beaglebone Black board.  I think it would be 
underpowered as a frontend.  Does anyone know of any attempts do do so?



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