[mythtv-users] Core 2 Duo iMac, terrible performance as front end
Raymond Wagner
raymond at wagnerrp.com
Fri Jan 30 03:17:45 UTC 2009
Matt Emmott wrote:
> I must be doing something wrong - I just picked up a 20 inch iMac with
> a 2.4GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM and ATI mobility HD 2400 video, and I
> can't get reliably good playback on the thing.
A 2.4Ghz C2D should handle just about anything you're going to throw at
it. The problem is that ATI card. ATI graphics support under Linux is
relatively horrible. Drivers exist, but often don't work properly. If
Xv is not working, you will struggle to play video at decent resolutions.
More information about the mythtv-users
mailing list