[mythtv-users] Apple TV info

[jedi]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 06:36:29AM -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Sep 9, 2008, at 5:57 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > 2008/9/9 Paul Fine <pfine at comcast.net>:
> >> I run Ubuntu on my AppleTV.  I think it takes about 3 minutes from  
> >> cold
> >> start to the MythTV menu, although I haven't timed it.  I am using
> >> component video, so I can't answer the HDMI question.  I don't find  
> >> the
> >> navigation sluggish at all.
> >
> > Can you watch HD content with the Apple TV? The processor seems  
> > rather slow
> 
> I'm running Mythbuntu on my AppleTV and can watch over the air HD with  
> XvMC without a problem. I'm just starting with h.264 content and it's  
> struggling to play that, but I think it's my display settings since  

   ...something else I forgot to mention.

   The AppleTV has a really crappy NIC chipset. It's sort of like a winmodem.
Thus, if the CPU goes into some sort of power saving mode (that may be the
wrong term for it), then your network performance goes straight into the
crapper. You basically have to lock the CPU into "fully awake mode". 

   The unit does fine with h264 content so long as it's only 480p.

> others have reported they can play it back. It's a secondary frontend  
> that doesn't get a lot of use so I'm not sure how long it will take to  
> get to the top of my to-do list.
> 
> I can't speak to the AppleTV OS implementation.
> 
> -Brad
> 
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