[mythtv-users] Need guidance for setting up a 4K frontend

[Don Carroll]

I am running a Asrock j5005-itx , and it works pretty well with 4k , 
even 60hz
using XUBUNTU with nodm and only starting mythfrontend  for a mythtv only FE



On 12/30/18 6:16 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
>
>
> On 12/29/18 1:32 PM, Ashu Desai wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 9:29 AM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
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>>     On 12/27/18 8:34 PM, Ashu Desai wrote:
>>     > Hello all
>>     > Looking to get directions on what/how regarding building a
>>     frontend
>>     > that is capable of playing UHD 4K movies please.
>>     >
>>     > I have a Ubuntu backend on a VM working great with my Zotac ION
>>     CentOS
>>     > frontend. However, it does NOT play TrueHD, DTS-HD and def not any
>>     > UHD/4K movies.
>>     >
>>     > So I thought maybe invest a bit and build out a frontend that is
>>     > capable of playing 7.1 lossless audio as well as 4K movies.
>>     >
>>     > Any suggestions please? I saw a few posts about Amazon
>>     Firestick 4K
>>     > but someone said it does not play 4K so that burst the bubble...
>>     >
>>     > Thank you! Happy Holidays!
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Ash
>>     >
>>     The following applies to current master / planned V30.
>>
>>     You can play 4K content with some limitations. I hope to get those
>>     sorted out.
>>
>>     VDPAU will not play 4K.
>>
>>     You can use software decode plus OpenGL (one of the OpenGL
>>     profiles) if
>>     you have a powerful enough processor, and set the number of CPUs
>>     appropriately. This works best on Intel integrated graphics.
>>
>>     You can also use VAAPI or VAAPI2 profiles to play 4K (requires Intel
>>     integrated graphics).
>>
>>     Playing 30 fps 4K works fine. With VAAPI 60fps works fine. With
>>     VAAPI2
>>     or OpenGL, some frames are dropped when playing 60fps 4K.
>>
>>     10bit or 12bit color unfortunately gets downgraded to 8bit.
>>
>>     These problems I hope to fix. I plan to fix VAAPI2 so that is can
>>     play
>>     60fps 4K. VDPAU will not play 4K but I will be adding NVDEC
>>     support for
>>     NVidia devices.
>>
>>     The extra audio formats will likely be decoded in software. I
>>     don't have
>>     any samples and I don't know if they work.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>> Thank you for the  reply. I apologize - I should have mentioned - I 
>> am looking for hardware help - need to find out which direction I 
>> should go to buy/set up a frontend that can play 4K.
>>
>> Like I mentioned, I heard of Firestick 4K but apparently it doesn't 
>> play 4K videos!
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
> I just complete the upgrade of my Front End to a 4K Nvidia Shield. 
> It's plugged into the HDMI port of a UHD Samsung 4K TV. I have it 
> networked to the mythtv-backend via GBe cable.  But all the content I 
> have access to for Mythtv is 1080i/720p. I can stream 4K content from 
> a number of sources but all are thru a service like Prime Video, etc. 
> I went this way because of cost and video quality. It's a perfect 
> frontend for Mythtv-frontend, Kodi, Sling, ESPN, Prime Video. As an 
> added benefit it's a very good gaming platform, but that's based on an 
> old guys opinion who rarely games. My son things it's pretty good, but 
> he's a slave to the PC gaming experience.
>
> Jim A
>
>
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