[mythtv-users] Alternative to zbox for a frontend

[Paul Gardiner]

On 10/09/2017 18:38, Peter Bennett wrote:
> On 09/10/2017 01:30 PM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> Oh astounding! From the wiki, it looks like I might get away with 
>> using the pi 2 I was given as a present some time ago and for which 
>> until now I never found a use. 
> 
> Yes - Pi 2 works well. Just make sure to follow the wiki 
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi especially the "Performance" 
> section for best results.

I'm amazed how well this works - tiny little, silent, cool running 
device giving really high quality results! :-)

There is potentially a showstopper for me. As I feared there looks to be 
no way to swap screen mode to match the video fps, or at least nothing 
that works via mythfrontend's usual mechanism. I'm in the UK so most of 
my content is 1080i25, but I also have recordings in 24p. I imagine I 
could fiddle with the X config and get it to drive my TV at 1080p50, but 
then the 24p stuff will be glitchy. Is there a workaround - like adding 
some extra menu options to mythfrontend and wire them through to some 
way of changing screen mode?

Cheers,
	Paul.