[mythtv-users] LIVA frontend .. one last question

[Michael Watson]

On 30/03/2015 7:04 AM, Damian wrote:
> OK lovely people,
>
> I think I'm sold on the Lava machine. I've read everything I can find 
> about Lava MythTV frontends today, and most people seem to say that 
> it's great. Hopefully I wont have some of the niggles that come people 
> have had, but if I do, they didn't seem like the worse things in the 
> world. I'm a bit worried about what some people have about the 
> deinterlacing (VAAPI/VDPAU etc), but there's always a downside, unless 
> you've got very deep pockets. I think I need to just 'such it and see' 
> with that one.
>
> On to the question before I buy.
>
> Will the machine play internet based 'catch up' tv ok? Things like 
> BBC's iPlayer and the ITV player. That's pretty much the only other 
> thing I need the machine to do outside of being a MythTV frontend. I 
> just wanted to ask in case playing that sort of footage, online, would 
> be difficult for the system in some way.
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Oh, and is there any reason why I shouldn't order one from the USA 
> (for UK use)? I'm asking in terms of the power supply. I don't want to 
> buy it and then fry it!
With the appropriate adapter it should work fine, but any 2Amp Micro USB 
Power supply/charger should do fine.
>
> And I've just thought of another question!
> Would loading Ubuntu (and then Mythbunu on top) be fine with this 
> machine?
> Or would it be significantly better to keep to a standard Mythbuntu 
> insall (with Xfce)?
>
> Cheers,
> Damian
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