[mythtv-users] MythFrontend on an AppleTV

[James Buckley]

On 22/05/07, James Buckley <xanium4332 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 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/download I'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.
>

Oh and just to add another question, are the USB ports useable whilst in the
OS. If I'm gonna get one I might try and connect a USB dvd drive (so I can
play DVDs :P). Doesn't really matter if it can't, could just be a cool
addon...
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