[mythtvnz] recommendations for front end...

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 17:07 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz> wrote:
>> > Hi folks, and happy new year!
>> >
>> > I've been trying out a cubietruck to display local content, but it's
>> > just not grunty enough ( unless you know better! ) for much HD, which is
>> > a shame as it looked like just what I wanted.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions for a better solution? I'm looking at possibly a
>> > Gigabyte BRIX, but not sure what extra I'd need to buy, and whether it
>> > runs linux ( it should! ). I have an older 2.5" 120GB SSD to go in -
>> > will it fit?, but do I need a graphics card as well?
>> >
>>
>> Are you wanting to run mythfrontend or xbmc with pvr.mythtv or both?
>>
>> Most modern built in chipsets, ie intel or amd with built in graphics
>> should do fine.
>>
>> Personally I like nvidia graphics and ion2 is my chipset of choice,
>> although they are now out of date.
>>
>> Budget?
>>
> HNY Nick,
>
> probably more likely to be xbmc, but need to plan for both.
>
> budget is minimal, hence the cubietruck trial. Machine will be dedicated
> though.
>

I have a HP SFF (DC7100 I think) p4 with an nvidia card I could let go
cheap. Not exactly low power but it goes just fine for myth and xbmc.