[mythtv-users] Mythtv frontend on PPC

[O&M Ugarcina]

Hello Guys,

Just a quick update from me . I have got my Linux front/backend combo 
over to myth .27 on the weekend thanks to Stephen C's excellent rpms . 
And have been connecting with the iMac frontend , as it turned out the 
iMac discovered the backend all by it self . All I needed to do was to 
run set-up on the frontend and tweak some look and feel settings . Also 
had to install Dejavu Sans font for the theme I use - did not notice 
until I inspected the logs . Now that I have run it for a few days , my 
experience so far is (my use case is watching livetv):

- In the beginning was stuttering audio and video , but turned out the 
CPU was hitting 100% all the time , and NOT because of mythfrontend , 
but it was osx 10.5.8 Leopard issue syslogd and aslmanager . Between the 
two of them they were using up all the CPU , myth did not get a look in 
. So after I nobbled those two out of the picture , I could get back to 
myth .
- At the moment I have set-up video playback profile to opengl-slim and 
have one-filed(hw) and one-filed as primary and secondary deinterlacers 
with de-blocking filter checked off . I also have separate playback for 
video and GUI set both with iMac native resolution display size . Please 
suggest other combinations of playback profile settings , which could be 
more efficient and maintain best picture quality .
- The CPU load on the mythfrontend now sits at about 25 to 35% when 
watching SD channels at 576i , but goes up to 65 to 85% when watching HD 
at 1080i . Which gives a very good viewing experience with no drops or 
stuttering of either video or audio, and that is what I was trying to 
achieve .

Thanks for all the help

Best Regards
Milorad