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

[James Abernathy]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 1:32 PM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

It's a 4GB Pi.  I may try Android. sounds interesting.
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