[mythtv-users] MythTV on AppleTV

[Brad Fuller]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> You can also do composite (which I've done) and maybe s-video (not
>>>> tried). Composite uses one of the component RCA outputs and I
>>>> suspect
>>>> s-video might use two RCA outputs. This does assume some sort of
>>>> dual
>>>> RCA to s-video adapter.
>>>
>>> I've now verified s-video output. Works like a champ. Details are
>>> here (http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/atvdisplay)
>>> towards the bottom
>>>
>>> So to review, The AppleTV can be configured to output four video
>>> output formats.
>>>
>>> 1) HDMI
>>> 2) Component
>>> 3) S-Video (needs s-video to dual RCA cable)
>>> 4) Composite (standard composite RCA video cable)
>>
>> Sounds great that you can just connect the green to composite.
>>
>> If I was to purchase an Apple TV today, and to use for MythTV, which
>> model should I choose? Is it advantageous to purchase the one with the
>> larger HDD? (which seems to be the only difference, is that true?)
>
> If it's just a frontend, there's no need to get the larger hard drive
> since you won't be storing any media on it. If you plan on dual-
> booting with the Apple TV OS and storing media on it, you should go
> for the larger one.

I wasn't thinking of dual booting, just myth. Is dual-booting easy to
do? What advantageous are there besides paying iTunes for movies? ;-)
I suppose you can't stream netflix movies yet. If Netflix gets it
together and adds Apple browsers to stream that would be nice (if they
haven't already)


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Brad Fuller
www.bradfuller.com