Thanks Hen for all your explanation on this, gosh I wish I could grasp!
On the last line about the CPU in the Mac Mini, does it mean that it
would take a G5 to handle? Would it have to be more than the iMAC?
Would it need to be a dual G5A?
John R.
On Apr 22, 2005, at 2:06 AM, Henri Yandell wrote:
> On 4/21/05, John Robinson <profile at aye.net> wrote:
>>
>> Lee, I have just read with great interest your article in the Access
>> concerning Myth, so timely for what I am doing at this time in trying
>> to build a home and utilize a system like you describe.
>
> I'm slowly building such. My first target has been network storage.
> The Linksys NSLU2 (apart from being a stunningly cheap Linux server
> (80 dollars)) is a very nice way to put USB drives on the network. I
> now have half a terabyte available and not a single noisy computer
> running.
>
> For recording from the TV, I'm using a Hauppage card, but the Windows
> software is pathetic so I've only recorded one thing so far, and I've
> not found an editor with which to remove the irritating adverts.
>
> For playback we've been using a Windows laptop and the VLC video
> player (as Quicktime and Windows Media Player are equally useless).
> When Tiger is available I'll get my wife a new Mac Mini which will
> free my current base-model Mini to sit next to the TV and see if it
> can be a nice music and video playback device. If that fails, the XBox
> Media Center project beckons.
>
> I've also just ordered an Airport Express. I stopped myself buying an
> iRiver mp3 player when I realised that their iTrip clone would work
> with my aged iPod, but I somehow let myself slip and buy the Express
> even though I've no idea if we have any use for it. Idiot.
>
>> I do not have the expertise to do as you, can't even understand it,
>> but
>> the last line of your article I wish you could explain a little. You
>> stated:
>
> Me neither :) I bought the fancy Hauppage TV card (PVR-350) and after
> a lot of work got it to work in Windows, and gave up in Linux when I
> realised I had to install kernel modules from source. That's been a
> sign for me over the years that something is too much effort.
>
> I saw somebody recommending the PVR-250 card (no TV out) and a
> separate video card with a TV/out, and I've got to agree with them.
>
>> "Mythers had the front end running on the Mac mini, and by most
>> accounts, it makes a fine front end machine, as long as you don't
>> expect it to drive a high definition television".
>
> Installs very nicely, there's a nice simple .dmg file. Bad side is
> that the Myth front end requires a Myth back end elsewhere (or seems
> to), so you can't just dump video somewhere on your network.
>
>> I will be using High Def. sets in the home, so what is the shortcoming
>> of the Mac Mini as to why it won't support such?
>
> I think it's because the CPU in the Mac Mini is not able to handle the
> HD decoding.
>
> Hen
>
>
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