[mythtv-users] Time to move to an HDMI stick for FEs?

[Matt Emmott]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Paul Kendall <pkendall64 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Tom Harris <thom.j.harris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Was there ever a verdict from the early adopters of these?   Are they
>> usable as MythTV frontends?
>>
>> - Does audio work in Linux?
>> - Any video acceleration support with VAAPI?
>>
>>
>> They work as frontends quite well. There are some problems with them be
> so new though.
> Audio over HDMI does not work as yet. i.e. the device is not recognized at
> all.
> The wireless works when you build a module from github.
> The bluetooth is not recognized. It's part of the wireless networking chip.
>
> VAAPI works well. I have an external USB soundcard plugged in and a USB
> ethernet and it's
> a perfectly usable frontend. Pretty much all my content is h264 here in NZ.
>
> I would however wait till audio is supported over HDMI before getting
> another one.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
Hope I'm not comparing apples to oranges, but didn't the most recent Ubuntu
update (or Linux kernel?) fix the audio issue with the ECS Liva, which has
the same chipset?

As the starter of the thread, it's embarrassing to admit that I haven't
even taken mine out of the box yet.
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