On 8/31/05, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/31/05, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a Mac Mini, and I think it's great. The form factor is > > > unbeatable, and I don't think I could make a Mini-ITX box for near the > > > same price. I use mine for all the Apple Apps (iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, > > > etc.) and general Unix functions. But, not for MythTV. > > > > > > I use MythTV for HD material, which makes the Mini a no-go. The > > > 1.42GHz CPU in mine is not fast enough to decode/display HDTV > > > material. The mini's ATI Radeon video hardware does have support > > > for MPEG2 acceleration, unfortunately Apple has chosen not to open an > > > API into this functionality. So, HD is out of reach for the Mini. > > > > I'd be amazed if the hardware didn't have MPEG2 acceleration/iDCT > > support (I'd think all ATI cards for the past several years have had > > this in hardware). Whether or not it is implemented in their driver is > > another story. > > Yeah, that's what I said. The Mini, and most other Macs have video > chips that support iDCT offload. Unfortunately, Apple does not allow > access to that hardware via any standard API.
Sorry about misreading that. It's a shame that Apple do this, but that's the price of proprietary systems and total control I guess. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
