[mythtv-users] New Mac Mini, ultimate MythTV HD frontend?

[WiFi Fun]

For those with current MacMini's, have you had any luck using it for
playback of non HD myth tv content. I have a knoppmyth back/frontent
with .19 and the frontend on my mini stutters and chokes. The
recordings are PVRx50 at about 5mbps, over gige network. Though the
mini is only 100, throughput is not the problem. The frontend just
can't playback the video. On my wifes iMac g5, and my big PowerMac,
the frontend works fine. What do you current folks do with your mini's
as frontends? Though I think once it is compiled for intel macs, I may
sell my current one, and pick up a new one.

On 2/28/06, Todd Ignasiak <ignasiak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 2/28/06, Trey Boudreau <trey at treysoft.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:33:55PM -0500, Tom Dombrosky wrote:
> > > On 2/28/06, Trey Boudreau <trey at treysoft.com> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:24:04PM -0500, Mike Frisch wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:51:21AM -0800, Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> > > > > > The dual core intel processor has plenty of horsepower for HD
> > > > > > MPEG2 decoding.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can the Intel 950 video chipset handle it though?
> > > > >
> > > > According to the Intel specs, yes:
> > > >
> > > >
> http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/
> > > >
> > > > Intel has had notoriously bad drivers for their graphics chipsets in
> the
> > > > Windows world.  Let's hope Apple wrote their own :-)
> > >
> > > Don't the intel drivers not work with video over 1440 in linux?  I think
> I
> > > remember seeing that somewhere on this mailing list.
> > >
> > It seems like older versions of the chipset might not handle 1080i
> > video.  The datasheet seems to indicate that the 950 does.  I couldn't
> > find the programming manual for it on the Intel site, so I can't say for
> > sure.
>
>
> Yeah, they clearly claim 1080i/p support on that web page.  It'll be
> interesting to see how it really performs.
>
> Two other video questions I have:
>
> - What is "High Definition Content Decode - up to two stream support" from
> their datasheet??   I assume their not talking about MPEG decoders, like in
> the Unichrome..  Given the otherwise weak MPEG2 offload capabilities (MC
> support, but no iDCT).   Is this anything real, or just marketing-speak for
> something less exciting?
>
> - Is the 950 'Core Video' capable, to support all the MacOS GUI effects, and
> interesting video processing capabiltiies?    I suspect 'yes', given the
> specs about Dx9 support and Pixel Shaders.
>
>
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