[mythtv-users] Recommendations needed for new FE box

[jksj]

On 01/08/18 15:42, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 12:39 AM Tom Harris <thom.j.harris at gmail.com 
> <mailto:thom.j.harris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 6:47 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net
>     <mailto: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.
>
>
> What's the downside of using the regular Mythfrontend on a Pi 3?
>
>
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In version 29, HD playback using mythfrontend can be a bit juddery 
during panning.

Kodi playback is fine but the interface is nothing like as good.

This may get fixed by the work being put in by Peter Bennett on version 
30, I certainly hope so.

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