[mythtv-users] interface an Anrdoid STB with MythTV system?

[John Marshall]

On 12/8/2015 1:23 PM, James Miller wrote:
> I don't have many HD recordings: a good deal of what I record is still
> in SD. So maybe this won't be a problem. Incidentally the specs for the
> device say CPU: Amlogic S812 AML8726-M8 Quad core Cortex A9@ 2GHz and
> SDRAM: 2GB DDR3, so maybe it would have the oomph for even HD decoding?

http://kodi.wiki/view/Android_hardware
The S812 appears to be supported.

> Thanks for the link. Would it be safe to say that, in the overall,
> integrating this device into my MythTV set-up would entail switching
> from using Myth frontend to the Kodi interface, with my current Myth
> machine becoming more or less a backend for that?

Basically yes, but Kodi and MythFrontend can coexist, so you can use 
whichever one you prefer.