[mythtv-users] Anyone using arm with mythbackend?

[Raymond Wagner]

On 8/16/2013 7:30 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 17 August 2013 09:06, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>> ARMs, Atoms, and E-series Athlons simply cannot be recommended, and should only be used by experienced MythTV users who have a grasp on what they're needs will be, and can estimate on their own if a low performance processor such as those will meet them.  Such users don't need to turn to the mailing list for such information.
>
> I totally disagree there, especially as frontend.

Per the thread's subject line, we're talking about the backend, not the 
frontend.

> A Pi makes a great xbmc frontend, so why wouldn't it be good for
> mythtv. That only shows the lack of hardware support with mythtv; not
> so much the inadequacy of the hardware.

Aside from the Pi's dire lack of memory, my comments on such CPUs for 
use as a frontend have always been explained as being no more than my 
personal preference to have enough CPU to perform software decoding.