I have been running the OS X frontend (.17) on my MAC mini since I upgraded my backend yesterday. You can purchase a DVI - SVideo/Composite adapter for $20 from Apple (M9267G/A) if you don't have a DVI input on your display. Also, the bluetooth keyboard and mouse work well. There is a remote available (TB638LL/A, $59.95)that plugs in USB and should be able to control myth since there's a keyboard mapping application. I do not have a remote.
My mini plays default rate video from my backend which records from a PVR-250. I have the 1.25Ghz version. I have upgraded the RAM to 1GB so I can't tell you how well it would work with the standard 256M. I also cannot verify the ability to playback MPEG4 streams. YMMV Unfortunately, I cannot attest to the ability to process HD quality video. The OS X page from the Wiki states that it's not suggested at this time. DVD playback with the DVD player application included with OS X seems to work without any problems so far. I haven't had a chance to really test the DVD playback ability that much yet. As for the frontend application, it is a user application from Jeremiah's binaries. (Thanks Jeremiah!) You don't have to install the development tools or do any compilation if you use his package. I have an alias on the desktop and after a double-click, up comes mythfrontend. In theory, you could map a share on the MAC to your backend to increase available storage. OS X is built on a BSD core, so SMB and NFS are options. I have not tried this myself, and doubt that I will. Alternatively, you could build a PC system that would accomplish the same task. If you want a Macintosh to begin with, or like the design, the mini is a decent choice. I purchased the mini to have a Macintosh. Being able to use it as a frontend with my MythTV system is an added bonus for me. You'll want to check out the following pages for more info: http://whpress.com/mythtv/ http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MythOnMacOsx On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Kyle Sexton wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:17:58 -0500, MacNean C. Tyrrell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just came across a picture of the mac mini. Can you say sweet?? I > > did read that big long discussion last month about it, but was wondering > > if anyone had bought one and put mythtv on it yet? Also, currently i > > have one machine as my backend/frontend but running that as a frontend > > could I add part of the 40 gigs to the recording part? Do you have to > > blow anything off from it, or can you also run it as a regular computer > > and then switch to mythtv? Does lirc or similar run on it to control > > myth with a remote? Does it work well for DVD playback? Anyone know if > > it can handle HD playback? BTW what speed would i need for HD recording > > say for the back end? > > Any questions i'm forgetting to ask? > > > > Just out of curiosity, anyone know of a small machine, doesn't have to > > be as small, with cpu ram and queit power system for less? otherwise > > for $500 looks pretty good. > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > There's always the XBox. Although I guess many people would laugh if > you called it small! :) > > -Kyle >
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