[mythtvnz] Apple TV 4th Gen with mythtv server

Tue Sep 26 01:51:37 BST 2017

Not all of them have HDMI2.0b support or HDR - so it's a bit of crapshoot.
And the firmware updates are generally the issue rather than the SoCs.

But if you do go down the ali-express route look for:

10Bit HDR Support, VP Profile 2 (this is what Youtube HDR encodes in).
And Gigabit Ethernet

I am a fan of the Rk3399 based board like the firefly -

Unfortunately at the moment there is no HDR support under linux for any of
the drivers (closed or open). Intel is working on extensions for wayland,
and nvidia are implementing some deep-field extensions for glx surfaces -
but not even herculean compilation efforts building from working trees
renders a usable stack at the moment (I've tried)

Android on the other hand has several HDR graphics drivers. The Nvidia one
being the most feature complete. The Mali implementations are lacking and
require proprietary SoC add-on chips - which in turn means being limited to
the integrators firmware builds.

On 26 September 2017 at 13:37, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Vote for the Nvidia Shield - currently easily the best TV front-end media
>> box out.
>>
>> You will need to order from Amazon/Ebay as no-one seems to be importing
>> them locally. But the non-hdd version can be had for $300 NZD mark.
>>
>> There are some reasonable Chinese variants around but Updates/Frimware
>> and really knowing your SoC's is required in order to make a good choice.
>>
>
> If you want an economical kodi front end then buy an s905/s905x/s912
> android box from china and put libreelec on it. I have three and they are
> brilliant, and you cannot beat this price:
>
> https://www.geekbuying.com/item/MECOOL-M8S-PRO-Plus-4K-TV-Box-381461.html
>
> Also the Odroid C2 is a good choice.
>
> With those chipsets you get 4k decoding.
>
>
>>
>>
>> On 26 September 2017 at 09:32, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If a NUC is too expensive, get a chromebox, they sell on trademe for
>>> around $2-300.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Rama Madhusudhan <
>>> rama.madhusudhan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Jean, I do accept your point. We currently have a box myth box
>>>> where backend is myth and frontend is kodi but its been nearly 10 years old
>>>> and its time to update our box. We are considering resizing it to small
>>>> factor and that's where the Apple TV came to our mind. We also thought of
>>>> considering Intel Nuc with network tuner HD Homerun and external hard disk
>>>> but the box itself costs a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea about HD Home run connect, are they good ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rama
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 at 12:18 pm, Rama Madhusudhan <
>>>>> rama.madhusudhan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Jean, can you please recommend a good compatible or equivalent
>>>>>> as mythbackend for Apple TV and kodi as frontend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Rama
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know of any backend that would run on a backend, nor do I
>>>>> think it would be an okay solution even if it existed.
>>>>> There's no storage, no extension (adding dvb card and so on)
>>>>>
>>>>> I find the entire concept of attempting to install a backend in a
>>>>> device such as an apple tv to be a waste of time that even if successful
>>>>> would be mediocre at best.
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