[mythtv-users] Thoughts on this pico pc?

[Mark Perkins]

> On 8 Feb 2015, at 1:30 pm, "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Andrew Theurer <andrew.theurer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On 5 Feb 2015, at 8:09 am, "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Dave MythTV <dave.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:57 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_134110.html?currency=USD&gclid=CjwKEAiA5qOlBRDAn8K5qen65joSJADRvlbqblHfMdGK5RZZOy1bOh6wGTsO04j-6sa044K4ZvviBxoCpgLw_wcB
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Apparently there is an 8% off + free shipping code on RetailMeNot... but
>>>>>>>>> since this only charges at ship, I'm not sure if it will actually work and I
>>>>>>>>> read that they have a $5 "local return" option so you don't need to ship
>>>>>>>>> overseas in the event of a dud... didn't see how to request it though.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> So overall, for $93, it may be a great frontend?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Before I pull the trigger, I wanted folks who have tried mythtv on a Bay
>>>>>>>>> Trail SOC to chime in... I like the idea of the stick in another thread, but
>>>>>>>>> without LAN adapter, I think I would rather just tape this on the back of
>>>>>>>>> the TV and have reliable bandwidth for any media I want to play.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Found another site that gave me coupon code "PipoX7LM" that brings the
>>>>>>>> price down to $89.98.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Geek Buying has it at $97, and they don't say its a preorder... might be
>>>>>>>> a safer bet?  They have local return option for $2.99 during checkout, and
>>>>>>>> 3-5 day shipping via DHL is only $10.
>>>>>>>> http://www.geekbuying.com/item/PIPO-X7-Windows-8-1-Smart-Mini-PC-TV-Box-Media-Player-2G-RAM-32G-ROM-Intel-3736F-1-8GHz-Quad-Core---Silver-339668.html
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I really want to order a couple... but would love to hear your thoughts!
>> 
>> I finally got mine.  Installation was a pain.  It only will boot from
>> 32-bit UEFI, so that makes installing 64-bit linux a little tricky.  I
>> was able to install "fedlet", a modified Fedora after about 4
>> attempts.  I had to enable just 1 core to get it to complete.
>> 
>> The wired network is also total crap.  It uses a chipset which is
>> known to be quite bad (dm9601).  So far I've had no success in getting
>> it to work.  As far as I can tell, Linux can't find the wireless
>> device.  I am not sure if I'll continue to try to get this to work or
>> drop it.
> 
> I am not sure what chipset your box has, but if it is the z3735f intel
> set, I got the wireless to work with this driver (this is part of a
> quick howto I put on g+ earlier today - my machine is a guleek i8. The
> instructions are for ubuntu):
> 
> 1. Install git, build-essential and kernel-headers-generic.
> 
> 2. git clone https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723as.git
> 
> 3. cd rtl8723as
> 
> 4. make
> sudo make install
> sudo modprobe r8723bs
> 
> 5. You should now have wifi.
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