[mythtv-users] Fronted advice
Damian
myth at surr.co.uk
Wed Mar 25 23:16:58 UTC 2015
On 25/03/2015 22:50, John Marshall wrote:
>> Never heard of Kodi, so I'll have a look into that.
>
> It's just the new name for XBMC.
>
>>> Kodi users have had good success with the ~$150 Chromeboxes, though it
>
>> I wouldn't have a google based device if they were giving them away. :-)
>
> Well, you'd be wiping ChromeOS and using Linux, but I understand your
> sentiment.
>
>>> Note that you'll have Intel graphics with a Chromebox. The same goes
>>> for the ECS Liva Eric mentioned.
>
>> Thanks John. Is Intel graphics what I should be getting with for Myth?
>
> If money/form-factor are not an issue, then NVidia is probably best.
> But the Intel solutions (depending on version) seem to work fine now,
> with perhaps slightly less-good deinterlacing and maybe some driver
> fiddling. I'd look in the archives for more first-hand experience.
Thanks John,
I'm getting very tempted by the Liva. Any other first hand experiences
of running it as a frontend before I take the plunge? :-)
And if I get one, should I stick to xfce and MythBuntu, or has it got
enough power to run Ubuntu (with MythBuntu ontop) well?
Thanks,
Damian
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