[mythtv-users] Recommendations needed for new FE box

[Tom Harris]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 6:47 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 05:34:14PM -0500, Ashu Desai wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > Thank you!
> > > >
> > > > My problem is I don't know the difference say between Raspberry Pi 3
> B+
> > > > video output vs say NUC with Pentium J5005 - i see multiple NUC on
> amazon
> > > > with under $200
> > > >
> > > > So just trying to see which way to go.
> > >
> > > For what do you want to use it?  MythTV, timestretch, YouTube, Prime
> > > Video, Playstation Vue, other streaming service, other HTPC function?
> > > Some boxes can do some of these, but no single box can really do them
> > > all well.  In other words, it all depends on what *you* want it to do.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > My needs are extremely simple - I use Myth for music, videos (not TV
> > recordings - my own movie/homevideos collection), family photo.
> >
> > So basically my need is for a FE that will allow HD videos with HD
> > (generally speaking - HD-DTS, TrueHD, etc etc) passthrough, I also have
> > "some" H.265 movies that are currently unplayable owing to the ZOTAC ION
> > processor that can't handle it.
>
> For those needs, just about anything that runs mythfrontend should
> suffice.  For even lower end, you could even get by with Kodi.  Just
> make sure whatever hardware supports those audio formats.  As has been
> mentioned, some newer, lower-end NUCs can't do do audio pass through.
>
> David
>
> > I wanted to dab into the airplay but i only get the sound out - no video.
> > However, that is for another email chain since I don't want to hijack
> this
> > one by digressing.
>


One note on the Kodi option:   In general I find it works very well on my
cheap little Pi3 box.  Playback of completed recordings is very good.

But, one area that it does quite poorly at is ’time shifting’ — starting
playback on a video that is currently recording.   I do this a lot with
ballgames.  I start watching an hour after the game begins and skip
commercials and dead time until I reach current time.    MythFrontEnd is
great for this.  Kodi is very bad.  It messes up the (changing) end time,
and skip ahead/back doesn’t skip the correct amount of time.
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