[mythtv-users] MythFrontend on an AppleTV

[James Buckley]

On 22/05/07, Neil Raymond <neil_raymond at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Can the AppleTV play standard (i.e. mpeg2) HD,  if so that would be
> great.
>
> I don't yet know. I don't have access to any HD material in this format.
> I've downloaded some episodes of Lost in 720p but they're all in mkv
> files,
> and I'm still trying to work out how to get them into a format that Myth
> can
> handle. Any suggestions would be great. And If you can point me in the
> direction of some HD mpeg2 content that I can download I'll give that a
> try
> too.
>
> >Also, is MythTV stable? If so I might need to cancel an order pronto...
>
> It certainly seems stable. I've had it running for about a week now, it
> hasn't stopped responding or needed a reboot for any other reason.
>
> The only slight niggle is that it takes a while for recordings to start
> playing. About 5-6 seconds of a black screen before it starts - just long
> enough for me to think that maybe it's broken this time - but it has never
> not started playing.
>
> All in all I'm very happy with it. Considering it only cost 200GBP,
> there's
> no way I could build something that small, quiet and good-looking myself
> for
> that money and have it work this well.
>
> Neil



Yeah the HDMI is really attractive, however I think maybe BOB deinterlacing
on 1080i content might push it a little.

Elephants Dream (the open source movie) is available in HD. I think it is
1080i and mpeg2, can't remember but judging on size it must be (it's only
like 8 minutes long). You can get it from
http://orange.blender.org/downloadI'd really like to know whether it
can handle 1080i with BOB deinterlacing,
as I might have to cancel a new graphics card I just order (like 2 hours
ago), that has HDMI, and replace my current fromtend with an AppleTV. Any
chance you could download (say like a 1/10 of the movie), and try to play
it. It won't matter if you don't have it all, Myth will still play it. To
download it just use Firefox to start it off then copy the .part file it
creates for the download, rename to what it should be called, and try it).

Only if you have some spare time (and download bandwidth) on your hands...

Cheers, James.
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