[mythtv-users] LIVA frontend .. one last question

Damian myth at surr.co.uk
Fri Apr 10 16:45:23 UTC 2015


On 30/03/2015 02:19, Scott Lipcon wrote:
> The Liva X comes with a bunch of international power supply adapters,
> including UK, so it should be just fine.
>
> I can't comment on how other players work - i've had some issues but as
> you said nothing has been unsurmountable, and the price is right for a
> small silent frontend.
>
> Scott
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Damian <myth at surr.co.uk
> <mailto:myth at surr.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     OK lovely people,
>
>     I think I'm sold on the Lava machine. I've read everything I can
>     find about Lava MythTV frontends today, and most people seem to say
>     that it's great. Hopefully I wont have some of the niggles that come
>     people have had, but if I do, they didn't seem like the worse things
>     in the world. I'm a bit worried about what some people have about
>     the deinterlacing (VAAPI/VDPAU etc), but there's always a downside,
>     unless you've got very deep pockets. I think I need to just 'such it
>     and see' with that one.
>
>     On to the question before I buy.
>
>     Will the machine play internet based 'catch up' tv ok? Things like
>     BBC's iPlayer and the ITV player. That's pretty much the only other
>     thing I need the machine to do outside of being a MythTV frontend. I
>     just wanted to ask in case playing that sort of footage, online,
>     would be difficult for the system in some way.
>
>     Let me know what you think.
>
>     Oh, and is there any reason why I shouldn't order one from the USA
>     (for UK use)? I'm asking in terms of the power supply. I don't want
>     to buy it and then fry it!
>
>     And I've just thought of another question!
>     Would loading Ubuntu (and then Mythbunu on top) be fine with this
>     machine?
>     Or would it be significantly better to keep to a standard Mythbuntu
>     insall (with Xfce)?
>
>     Cheers,
>     Damian

I set up my LIVA last night and it's GREAT!!!

So pleased with it :-)

Stumbled with having the live USB in the right format for a while, but 
once I was up and running it was all great!!

Thanks for the help everyone :-)

Cheers,
Damian


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