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

[Jim Abernathy]

On 8/8/20 1:30 PM, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 12:13 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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.
>
The folks online who have tried this are not too keen on the video 
performance.  I may try it anyway just to see.

Jim A


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