[mythtv-users] Biting the bullet...new frontend recommendations
Barry Martin
barry3martin at gmail.com
Mon May 7 23:57:24 UTC 2018
Hi Tom!
> I'm thinking it's finally time to bite the bullet and think about
> building a new frontend,
I'll pretty much agree with Jerry's response as 'just about anything
works' though have staid with Intel and nVidia as they seem to be better
supported -- both by Linux and them supporting/cooperating with Linux.
I've built and in some cases rebuilt several Frontends over the years.
Probably sounds like a dumb comment but the CPU speed does make a
difference, not in video playback but in 'reaction time': the time it
takes to load a new show (not to mention boot!). Probably don't need
anything more than a good dual core. For memory it seems 2 GB is right
for a dedicated Frontend. Now if you are planning to use the Frontend
as an auxiliary computer for mail, etc., I'd go with a more robust
system (and I have here).
FWIW as a 'spare' Frontend you could go with a Raspberry Pi 3 B+. Here
I use an RPi 3B as a secondary Frontend (I have two Backends and some
FEs look at one and others the second. Pixellation issues; sometimes one
BE records properly and sometimes the other does.) Anyway the little
ol' RPi does great as a Frontend. There is a bit of a lag while loading
but AFACT 1080 stereo playback is flawless. In some ways the RPi works
better than the desktop FE it sits next to. Here I did find the WiFi
connection was borderline, but as you stated you were using a wired
connection that's not an issue. If you decide to try this option I
would suggest getting the newer RPI 3B+ which is a little bit faster
plus offers 5GHz wireless.
Barry
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