[mythtv-users] mythtv on Raspberry 4 4GB with 64 bit OS's

[James Abernathy]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 8:58 PM Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> *From:* Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, 28 August 2020 1:48 am
> *To:* Discussion about MythTV
> *Subject:* [mythtv-users] mythtv on Raspberry 4 4GB with 64 bit OS's
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> I got mythbackend and mythfrontend working on a RPi4 4GB running from a
> SSD using both Raspberry Pi OS (aarch64) and Ubuntu 20.04 aarch64.
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> However, to my eyes it made no difference. To me the RPI4 is still a
> marginal frontend for USA OTA mpeg2 video.  If the scene motion
> increases the picture gets more jerky. Maybe at some point ffmpeg on
> aarch64 can make improvements.
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> So for now for a cheap system but great video quality, I'd pick RPI4
> 4GB, USB3 SSD, with HDHR Quatro tuner for the backend and FireTV 4K for
> the frontend.
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> Jim A
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> I haven't been following closely- does the RPI4 need the additional mpeg2
> licence purchased / enabled or is that only earlier versions?
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No HW support for mpeg2 in RPI4 and therefore no license available.

JimA
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