[mythtv-users] Frontend hardware: VDPAU or VAAPI?

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On 11/11/16 22:16, Steve Greene wrote:
> It sounds like time is on our side with VAAPI. Has anyone used the
> NUC5CPYH as a frontend? It will be replacing an ION that is now showing
> its age with 0.28, similar to Brian's experience.
> 

I've used the i3 based nuc without issues.

Regards
Stuart


> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca
> <mailto:brian at interlinx.bc.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri, 2016-11-11 at 00:33 +0000, John P Poet wrote:
>     > 
>     > There is currently a huge quality different in regards to the
>     > deinterlacers.  While good deinterlacers have been added to VAPPI, no
>     > one
>     > has added support for them to mythfrontend.  mythfrontend does
>     > support the
>     > best VDPAU deinterlacer.
> 
>     I wonder what the state of Kodi is with regard to VAPPI and the better
>     de-interlacers.  Might be worth looking into if you are one of those
>     people that will notice the difference.
> 
>     FWIW, I switched to Kodi (with the Myth PVR addon) a few months ago
>     when my upgrade to 0.28[1] started causing the MythFE to studder and
>     stammer (badly) on the exact same hardware and content as 0.27 was
>     working just fine.  I haven't looked back.  Albeit this is on ION
>     hardware, not Intel Graphics.
> 
>     > The myth developers with knowledge of that part of the code are
>     > currently
>     > busy with work/life.
> 
>     Yes, this is one of the unfortunate downsides of FOSS, particularly
>     with projects that have not taken on a $day_job paying sponsor because
>     said project fits into their income producing scheme somehow.  And
>     particularly with smaller, less popular projects.
> 
>     Cheers,
>     b.
> 
>     [1] Which required an O/S upgrade since the O/S version I was on with
>     0.27 was not supported for 0.28, and I am sure an Nvidia driver upgrade
>     also.  But ultimately, Kodi is playing all of the content, on the same
>     hardware, using VDPAU that MythFE (0.28, but not 0.27) was studdering
>     and stammering on, so the hardware and drivers are capable.  MythFE was
>     just incapable for whatever reason.
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