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

[Mudit Wahal]

Based on Apple's own requirement, the duo core (1.66 ghz) macmini is
not sufficient to decode HD resolution H.264.

So, macmini is not HD frontend. And I didnt see anywhere on Apple site
that they are touting it as high definition frontend
(frontrow/iLife.etc etc)

Here is some info are gathered from their website
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http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html

For 1280x720 (720p) video at 24-30 frames per second:
QuickTime 7 for Mac OS X:

    * 1.8 GHz PowerMac G5 or faster Macintosh computer; 1.83 GHz Intel
Core Duo or faster
    * At least 256MB of RAM
    * 64 MB or greater video card

For 1920x1080 (1080p) video at 24 frames per second:
QuickTime 7 for Mac OS X:

    * Dual 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 or faster Macintosh computer;  2.0 GHz
Intel Core Duo or faster
    * At least 512MB of RAM
    * 128MB or greater video card
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On 3/2/06, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Why not? It's not like the bandwidth needed for that is so outrageous.
> > 1920x1080i needs about the same bandwidth as  1024x768 at 80Hz, which is
> > something even a 6 year old i810 chipset can do.
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>  I can offer any technical details, just my experience with a similar setup (3GHz EM64T P4, VIA integrated video, no luck with 720p, let alone 1080i), and point you towards the absence of people doing HD playback without hardware acceleration and shared video memory.
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