It currently works partially, at least for me. Playing back hdtv channels is iffy. Which is why I asked this question on this forum.
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=9951 On Aug 16, 10:22 pm, Will Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought MythTV integration in Boxee wasn't working any more. How do > you get the Mythbackend tuners to show up? Are you able to play HDTV > content in Boxee? > > On Aug 17, 2009, at 12:51 AM, iitywygms wrote: > > > > > Wow, I am surprised! I figured the atv os would be a better choice > > because it is built for the hardware. Glad I asked. > > Guess I will stick with my current setup. I already have ubuntu > > installed and working. I just recently figured out how to get the > > mythbackend tuners to show up in boxee. So I thought maybe the atv > > was a good choice. > > Thank you all for the answers. > > Until atv os is more capable, I will stick with ubuntu. > > > On Aug 16, 4:32 pm, Will Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you want to watch HD TV on the ATV you will need Linux. The CPU in > >> the Apple TV is not powerful enough to decode HD TV on its own. Linux > >> allows you to offload some of the work decoding the HD stream to the > >> nVidia GPU using a technology called XVMC. As Phil stated below, it > >> works beautifully. > > >> Boxee doesn't support XVMC, nor does the ATV OS (a watered down > >> version of OS X). > > >> I recommend going with Mythbuntu. It's a ton of work but that's half > >> the fun, right? > > >> -Will > > >> On Aug 16, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Phil Chadwick wrote: > > >>> The ATV OS doesn't play normal HD movies, but a crippled version > >>> sent via iTunes (lowered FPS). > > >>> when I was contemplating the same thing, I decided to go mythtv on > >>> the ATV as it supports XVMC- the ability to offload mpeg2 decoding > >>> to the Nvidia graphics card. I don't believe the native Apple TV OS > >>> does this. > > >>> I can play 1080i mpeg2 shows (Captured via HDHR) perfectly on the > >>> ATV w/ Mythtv and XVMC. > > >>> ----- Original Message ---- > >>> From: iitywygms <[email protected]> > >>> To: atv-bootloader <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:07:50 PM > >>> Subject: [atv-bootloader] would you run boxee on ubuntu, or native > >>> atv os? > > >>> So I have a choice to make. > >>> I want to use the atv as a media center frontend. I have a mythtv > >>> backend that has movies, videos, etc. > >>> What would be a better frontend for this? Considering all I want to > >>> do is watch recorded tv and movies, plus listen to music and watch > >>> hulu. > >>> I do not need to schedule shows or anything like that. > >>> I THINK I should run the standard atv os, and install boxee to watch > >>> the recorded tv shows from the myth backend and hulu > >>> OR, I could install ubuntu and mythfrontend. But I think the atv os > >>> will be better at watching most hd movies because atv os is designed > >>> specifically for the hardware on the apple tv box. > >>> What would you do? Keep the atv os and use boxee, or install ubuntu > >>> and mythtv and boxee? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
