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Asus PN50 as frontend

May 13, 2021, 2:53 PM

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My old NUC5 finally died, so while I was upgrading the rest of my system I
decided to replace it with an ASUS PN50. I installed Mint Mate 20.1. I'm
pleasantly surprised it installed without difficulty. Once I installed a
5.8 kernel, almost all the features were there. The one piece of the puzzle
remaining is the CIR chipset. The kernel recognizes an ITE8708 CIR chipset,
but ir-keytable doesn't find it. A little Googling revealed that a patch is
circulating for that issue.

I'm impressed with how well it is handling interlacing under VAAPI. Should
I be looking at any of the other video decoding schemes for this AMD Ryzen
4300U based system?

Steve

Steve Greene
(301) 842-8923
historicity.co
An independent archival professional specializing in still photography,
moving images and recorded sound.

Re: Asus PN50 as frontend [ In reply to ]

justin.nonwork at gmail

May 13, 2021, 3:25 PM

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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:53 PM Steve Greene <sgreene820@gmail.com> wrote:

> My old NUC5 finally died, so while I was upgrading the rest of my system I
> decided to replace it with an ASUS PN50. I installed Mint Mate 20.1. I'm
> pleasantly surprised it installed without difficulty. Once I installed a
> 5.8 kernel, almost all the features were there. The one piece of the puzzle
> remaining is the CIR chipset. The kernel recognizes an ITE8708 CIR chipset,
> but ir-keytable doesn't find it. A little Googling revealed that a patch is
> circulating for that issue.
>
> I'm impressed with how well it is handling interlacing under VAAPI. Should
> I be looking at any of the other video decoding schemes for this AMD Ryzen
> 4300U based system?
>

Unfortunately I don't have any answers, but I do have a few questions. :)

What kind of TV/receiver is it connected to? HD? 4k? And built-in sound, or
a surround sound receiver?

Thanks,
-justin

>
> Steve
>
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> moving images and recorded sound.
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Re: Asus PN50 as frontend [ In reply to ]

sgreene820 at gmail

May 13, 2021, 3:39 PM

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HD1080p, connected to an Onkyo 5.1 home theater receiver, in turn connected
to the TV. Thinking of the FLIRC as the solution to the remote control
conundrum.

Steve Greene
(301) 842-8923
historicity.co
An independent archival professional specializing in still photography,
moving images and recorded sound.

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 6:28 PM Justin Moore <justin.nonwork@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:53 PM Steve Greene <sgreene820@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My old NUC5 finally died, so while I was upgrading the rest of my system
>> I decided to replace it with an ASUS PN50. I installed Mint Mate 20.1. I'm
>> pleasantly surprised it installed without difficulty. Once I installed a
>> 5.8 kernel, almost all the features were there. The one piece of the puzzle
>> remaining is the CIR chipset. The kernel recognizes an ITE8708 CIR chipset,
>> but ir-keytable doesn't find it. A little Googling revealed that a patch is
>> circulating for that issue.
>>
>> I'm impressed with how well it is handling interlacing under VAAPI.
>> Should I be looking at any of the other video decoding schemes for this AMD
>> Ryzen 4300U based system?
>>
>
> Unfortunately I don't have any answers, but I do have a few questions. :)
>
> What kind of TV/receiver is it connected to? HD? 4k? And built-in sound,
> or a surround sound receiver?
>
> Thanks,
> -justin
>
>
>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Greene
>> (301) 842-8923
>> historicity.co
>> An independent archival professional specializing in still photography,
>> moving images and recorded sound.
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>> mythtv-users mailing list
>> mythtv-users@mythtv.org
>> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
>> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>
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Re: Asus PN50 as frontend [ In reply to ]

jharbestonus at gmail

May 14, 2021, 5:51 AM

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> On May 13, 2021, at 6:39 PM, Steve Greene <sgreene820@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HD1080p, connected to an Onkyo 5.1 home theater receiver, in turn connected to the TV. Thinking of the FLIRC as the solution to the remote control conundrum.
>

I have been using a FLIRC for 7 years or so, in combination with a harmony hub remote
I too have my mythfe, currently an RPi 4 connected to a SONY amp/sound bar as well as an Apple TV and Wii U. Output is to a Vizio 65” 1080p Smart TV that is not connected to the network.

I’m not worried about the harmony hub being discontinued as it has already been programmed, and I have no need to change anything since it and the FLIRC are working fine with all the other items above.

Regards