[mythtvnz] Raspbmc doesn't quite cut it as a mythtv frontend.

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Jason Taylor <killerkiwi2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The plugin seems pretty good for me (only have dvb-s though) I did make the
> mistake of upgrading to 0.27 which isn't support be the latest stable
> release

I have xbmc frodo working with myth 0.27 (on linux/pc not rpi)

>
> The biggest issue I have is the length of a recording in progress dosn't get
> updated, hopefully being fixed in the next release
>
> Also the EPG is terrible, mythfrontend/mythweb is much better
>
>
> On 27 November 2013 22:23, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Sam Hadley-Jones <sam at hadley-jones.name>
>> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:17 PM, David Tildesley <davotnz [at] yahoo>
>> > wrote:
>> >> using the Mythtv pvr plugin. Picture is OK but pauses a lot @ 1920 *
>> >> 1080.
>> >> CPU running at about 75% Load averages are high (5.32, 5.25. 4.32).
>> >> Crashed.
>> >
>> > I have quite a different experience with my Raspberry Pis over the past
>> > 6 months. I have two running Openelec (another XBMC distro). After flashing
>> > Openelec, plugging it in and booting, I gave it the backend IP and I was
>> > MythTVing in under 5 minutes. A few points:
>>
>> Openelec does seem to be the leading xbmc distro right now.
>>
>> >
>> > 1. Most modern TV remotes work out-of-the-box over HDMI-CEC.
>> > 2. No tweaks required to get up and running. As long as the Pi knows
>> > about the backend, you'll be watching recordings in no time.
>> > 3. No crashing.
>> > 4. The Pi can only fast forward and rewind in chunks, set at 30secs.
>> > Slightly annoying but not a show-stopper.
>> > 5. There appears to be some network lag - probably CPU bound. The result
>> > is that sometimes you can't fastforward a recording immediately after
>> > starting playback as the network buffer is empty. This appears to be
>> > actively worked on as it's improved in recent releases.
>> > 6. XBMC recovers well from bitstream corruption. I have a
>> > cheap-and-nasty USB DVB-T dongle with poor sensitivity the throws in garbage
>> > frames every once in a while. (planning on replacing, btw. Any suggestions?)
>>
>> HD Homerun
>>
>> > 7. Aside from MythTV recordings, XBMC's movie, TV show and music
>> > cataloguing and UI is light years ahead of MythTV.
>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>>
>> > 8. With moderate overclocking of the Pi (just a settings change), I can
>> > play my Blu-ray full stream backups (made using MakeMKV) from the backend
>> > server with no trouble.
>> > 9. HTS TVHeadend can be "turned on" in openelec for a total backend and
>> > fronted solution on one Pi. I'm keen to test how well this really works as
>> > I'm a little sceptical about the Pi's ability to record multiple streams
>> > while I watch a Blu-ray sized movie. I'll get onto this once I have a tuner
>> > dongle free. HTS lacks some scheduling and management features so I don't
>> > think I'll switch just yet.
>> > 10. Android phones and tablets make great remotes using Yatze app over
>> > wifi. Perfect for my (older) bedroom TV that only has DVI in.
>> > 11. Tons of apps for XBMC - Youtube, etc.
>> >
>> > All-in-all a pretty positive experience with Raspberry Pi frontends and,
>> > most importantly, WAF is maintained. I've been running MythTV for 7 years
>> > and toying with the XBMC MythTV plug-in for a few years. It's at a point now
>> > where its mature enough to ditch the MythTV frontend. Finally, a frontend
>> > under 5W of power and $60!
>>
>> Good contribution thanks, someone who is using one of these in NZ
>> conditions. Also if you are doing satellite as opposed to terrestrial
>> you will need to buy the MPEG2 codec. It's ghastly expensive... all of
>> GBP2.40 - and when I bought it they rounded down to the nearest GBP!
>>
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