Any experience using the server on a mobile?

[pirole]

Either directly as a linux app or via termux.

[sub]

I really can't imagine anyone has tried it. Seems kind of crazy to run the server on a mobile phone

[pirole]

Thank you : ) I would take that as a compliment but the idea is far from original. There’s even MyGica already. Just imagine people who move often. It seems odd at least not to prefer a spare which is currently gathering dust and is ten times smaller and lighter. And yet probably more powerful.

But I imagine here the Hauppauge drivers would be the choking point.

[mvallevand]

NUC's and RPI's and other Arm devices are pretty small footprint some are smaller than a phone.. I've successfully run NextPVR with internal tuners and storage on Amlogic devices like the MyGiga using CoreELEC.

The major issue is NextPVR is a dotnet app so mobile OS's aren't supported. If Android was added a second issue is that the Android tuner specs aren't public and only a small subset of tuners have been reverse engineered.

Martin

[pirole]

Had to read the first paragraph a few times and search the terms. Yes, I think I read somewhere that’s possible to install any distribution on a mobile but then it wouldn’t be an ‘android’ anymore (lost eyes, ears, etc.). Don’t know if termux or emulators in general are able to provide the environment that CoreELEC does.

I quick searched and apparently there is dotnet for android.

As for the Hauppauge tuner, kaffeine is able to work with it. I tried a few years back, it scanned ok but video crashed the app although I think I didn’t follow the guidance thoroughly enough as it is convoluted.

Can any of this be used by NextPVR?

[mvallevand]

CoreELEC is pure Linux, my point was you were talking about portability, and a mobile device doesn't necessarily make it less portable.

The full dotnet core is only for the platforms NextPVR links. There is .NET MAUI for mobile but that is a GUI based subset not designed for server applications.

Anyway I agree with sub it seems crazy to pursue this.

Martin.