[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend on Raspberry 4 running Ubuntu 20.04 (32bit)

[Greg Oliver]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 12:13 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So I'm really bored today and recently discovered that the Raspbian Imager
> can create an SD card with Ubuntu 20.04 either 32 or 64 bits.
>
> Turns out it's the server version, no desktop environment.
>
> I thought why not try to install mythfrontend on it.  I first tried
> mythtv-light and it would not install due to some dependencies. So then I
> tried:
> sudo apt install mythtv-mythfrontend; which did install.  I rebooted and
> noticed that it had installed a limited ubuntu desktop with just a few apps
> including mythfrontend.
>
> So I ran it and it worked. I picked the same audio I'd pick for the
> raspbian version and for Video, I didn't see MMAL, so I picked V4L2 and set
> up to do standard, 4 CPUs and opengl.
>
> I'm surprised that it worked.  The video isn't bad particularly since I'm
> running mythfrontend on top of a desktop environment.
>
> I tried setting the default boot to multi-user and rebooting without a
> desktop but I couldn't get mythfrontend to run using:
>
> QT_QPA_EGLFS_ALWAYS_SET_MODE="1" QT_QPA_PLATFORM=eglfs mythfrontend
>
> It couldn't find a drm device or something.
>
> Also it ran the mythfrontend version from March while the x86_64 version
> is up to  an August version.
>
> Anyway it's interesting what I've stumbled on.
>
> Jim A
>

If you have the 4GB Pi, I would recommend loading Android on it - Lineage
OS has a port for it on XDA.  That gives you a lot more options for other
players.

Note: I have not tried this yet, but plan to as soon as I get my other
Android TV device working.
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