[mythtv-users] iMac as possible Frontend?

Chris Ribe chrisribe at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 05:40:54 UTC 2008


> My daughter uses a 17" iMac G5 1.6 GHz. It does standard def without a
> problem, but stutters on high def. I'm sure it just needs a tiny but
> more speed to play back high-def smoothly.


Off-topic: my dual 2Ghz PowerMacs don't do HD smoothly.

On-topic,  I spent a fair amout of time with Myth on a 1Ghz G4 iBook. I
would *not* recommend it.

In fact,  considering current market values (of used powerPC machines), I
would not recommend running myth on any processor other than AMD or Intel.
Some people on this list are happy with their VIA setups, but I think they
are happy because they work at all, not because of the performance.

-chris

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