[mythtv-users] Recommendations needed for new FE box

[Ashu Desai]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:14 AM David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:49:30AM -0400, Steve Greene wrote:
> > If there are any developers monitoring the discussion, I'd welcome some
> > input behind the project management challenges involved in adding
> advanced
> > interlacing support for Intel chips. If a few of us users could cough up
> > some funds for a bounty, would that change the complexion of the problem?
>
> Peter Bennett can certainly speak more definitively on this, but
> here's my two cents.
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> Peter's recent work on adding MediaCodec support on Android using
> ffmpeg should make the task of updating our VAAPI support much easier.
> Currently, we use VAAPI directly.  We also previously had no support
> for the decoder doing the deinterlacing (like I think VAAPI does for
> it's advanced deinterlacing).  We now have that capability thanks to
> Peter's MedicCodec work.  So, it should *only* be a matter of
> replacing our direct VAAPI support with that provided by ffmpeg, like
> we already do for software, VDPAU and MediaCodec.  Of course, the
> devil will be in the details.
>
> David
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I thought VDPAU was the "better" one here, would VAAPI be as efficient at
offloading as VDPAU has been? If so - Android may be something to consider
here. If not, then Intel based nVIDIA graphics where we can utilize VDPAU
is still something we need folks to give input on regarding a decent FE.

I am still split between a NUC and RP3 B+ = seems NUC may be priced a bit
more however has more oomph to drive the HD, 4K and/or H.265 movies (as
they become more frequently available) ?
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