[mythtv-users] MythTV on Raspberry PI 2...

[Matt Emmott]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Raymond Boettcher <
raymondboettcher at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just wanted to ask if there was any headway on getting video support
> seamlessly working on the Raspberry Pi.  It seems that they just posted
> their latest model device that uses:
>
>
>    - A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
>    - 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
>    - Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1
>
>
> I saw the information pop up on facebook but it can be seen at:
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/
>
> The device will still maintain it's $35 price tag and now the processing
> power and memory requirements are more than what is needed for a Myth
> Frontend and maybe even a backend (depending on your configuration).  I
> know XBMC has plugin's that make XBMC interface with MythTV, but it would
> be nice to run MythFrontend natively.  This device could be put in a small
> box and mounted to the back of a Flat-Panel TV hints converting it to a
> "Smart TV" that is MythTV aware.  And for a very nice price tag at that.
>
>
This is an ARM CPU, right? I know that the biggest issue with the other
Raspberry and Banana Pi's were their low memory. Now that it appears that
that isn't an issue, what's the status of MythTV on ARM?
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