[clug] raspberry pi MythTV frontend or another option?

[Paul]

On Sun 24/03/2013 8:58 PM, miloska wrote:
> I use RPi + xbmc (openelec.tv <http://openelec.tv>) and that works quite well, I found
> only one file that was sluggish with it, it's a 720p bluray rip file.
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> You may need to buy codec licences from the RPi manufacturer, but they are cheap just as
> the device itself.
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> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Paul <mylists at wilsononline.id.au
> <mailto:mylists at wilsononline.id.au>> wrote:
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>     I'm looking for some options for second mythTV frontend for a spare room, as its going
>     to be in-frequently used I don't want to spend a whole lot of $$ on a full-desktop and
>     want to keep noise and power requirements low.
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>     I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or actual setups which work successfully.
>     Note would need to be low powered  to reduce ongoing cost, otherwise I would need to
>     put in standby or reboot when required as its not going to be used frequently.
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>     I have send some projects using the Raspberry Pi, but also read its limited due CPU
>     speed, but wondered if this is an option.
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Thanks  for the reply, I think this should not be an issue as I'm mostly using it on 
recorded mpeg2 files from DVB ie recorded TV shows plus some ripped DVB avi files.

This certainly seems the cheapest even if its not the most optimal platform anyone know of 
any other barebones platforms around the $100-$200 mark?

Paul