[mythtv-users] Things I've learned from mythtv-users

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Larry Sanderson wrote:

> On Monday 03 March 2008 03:26:20 pm Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Larry Sanderson wrote:
>>> On Monday 03 March 2008 02:58:32 pm Brian Wood wrote:
>>>> On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:50 PM, scram69 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Where can I buy a Mac Mini for $320?
>>>
>>> Anyone know if you can swap out a Mac-mini's processor?  I've heard
>>> that
>>> the 2.0 GHz model isn't powerful enough for 1080p.
>>
>> Google knows how to do it. It's even faster than waiting for replies
>> on a mailing list.
>> http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=mac+mini+upgra
>> de+cpu&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
>
> Ok there smarty pants, will the upgraded CPU play the 1080p smoothly?
> And (Brad - this is for you) before you go running off putting  
> together
> a google query just so's you can send a sarcastic message to a mailing
> list and feel better about yourself, be aware: I'm really only
> interested in personal experience as it pertains to MythTV.  Ideally,
> I'd like to know if the internal player can handle 1080p with the  
> specs
> of a Mac Min, and if not then whether an upgraded CPU will help.

I answered the question you asked. ;)
I do have a friend who swapped out the CPU in his Core Solo mini for a  
Core2Duo. He said it sucked pulling everything apart and getting it  
back together again and would never do it again. He doesn't run myth  
so I have no idea what speed processor is sufficient for 1080p  
content. I think the important question is what kind of 1080p content?  
h.264 1080p content won't play smoothly on my AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2  
4200+ but 1080p content from elephantsdream.org (AVI MPEG4) plays  
quite easily.

If it wasn't for sarcastic messages that explicitly answer questions  
asked I would never feel good about myself. Thanks for pointing that  
out. Now everyone will know they are providing me a positive service  
by asking questions that enable sarcastic responses.

-Brad