[mythtv-users] ECS LIVA Frontend

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/7/2015 8:52 AM, Karl Newman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't think Intel video supports VDPAU so when you had it selected it
>>> was probably falling back to software/OpenGL. Try VAAPI instead. Not quite
>>> as good as VDPAU, especially in deinterlacing, but many people find it
>>> acceptable. I understand the open source AMD/ATI driver supports VDPAU (not
>>> sure about its capabilities) but I haven't heard about any AMD-based micro
>>> computers similar to the Liva, etc. They may exist; I haven't actively
>>> searched for them.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that's where I have been for a couple of months now. Yes, VAAPI is
>> not as good as Nvidia + VDPAU. Yes, I find it acceptable. Where I see it
>> most is in scrolls such as in newsfeeds or sportscasts. They tend to be
>> jerky.
>>
>> I am willing to deal with it to have a $100 8 watt playback device.
>>
>> Now if I could just find a USB IR receiver that works with LIRC and is
>> actually for sale.
>>
>
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VRC-1100_Ortek_Technology_MCE_Clone_Remote or
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Adesso_ARC-1100 (same remote, different
> branding)
> I'm using this with my (Gentoo) Liva. I'm not using LIRC, but the first
> link gives details on how to make it work with LIRC and the devinput
> driver. I just looked for a cheap "MCE" remote off amazon and this is what
> I got. It wasn't a big deal to get it working, but did require a bit of
> fiddling with ir-keytable. My config is at the bottom of the second link,
> under the "Alternate Configuration" heading.
>
> Karl
>
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Those remotes should work fine with the flirc.
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