I used myhthv on my mini, and it sucked at 1600x1200. I think it's way under powered for mythtv, personally. I sold my mini and bought a pundit-r, but that's too loud to use as a frontend. So I'm looking for something else now.
Reza On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:13:11PM -0400, Todd Houle sent me this... > The Mac Mini is a low cost Macintosh ($500). It is just a small > computer (2inches x 6.5 in x 6.5 in.). It does not come with a > keyboard, mouse, monitor or enough RAM. It is designed to be fully > functional, but inexpensive- and it's quiet. I think it comes with a > bit small of a hard drive and not enough RAM. The system bus may be > a little slower than other computers as well, but I'm sure it works > for MythFrontEnd just fine. If you're serious, I'll pick one up to > test on (I'm an Apple guy). Mac is a unix machine so it's not too > different from other unixes out there (which is why Myth could be > ported to it). > > The mini has DVI out and an included DVI to VGA adapter. An S video > out adapter is $19. There's a nice port of MythFrontEnd out there so > I can just run it on my Mac laptop and point it to my Linux backend. > > And I do run MythOnMac on my laptop - over wireless even. I have an > old 802.11b router so I get a 1/2 second pause every 3 seconds of > show. Kinda annoying, but to watch the game and keep up on the score > while i wash dishes, it works just fine. Someday I'll get an 802.11g > router and I hope that'll fix it. > > http://www.apple.com/macmini/ > http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MythOnMacOsx > > Todd > > On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:09 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > >Thanks Todd, > > > >Which version of the mac is the "mini"? I'm sorry I'm not too > >familiar with Macs, I'm just interested in finding out more about > >different alternatives for frontends. Is this an older mac? Does it > >already come with an appropriate video card? > > > >It's awesome to think mythtv can run on a laptop...! > > > >Ricardo > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Todd Houle > >To: Discussion about mythtv > >Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:04 PM > >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only > >fanless solution > > > >I'm running a front end (not to TV) on my Mac G4 laptop (1.6Ghz)- > >which has a hair more power than the mini. Here, I'm using 33% of > >my CPU when watching a show. The show is recorded with a PVR350 at > >high quality (720x480?). Seeing as the mini is only a little less > >brainy than this machine, I think it would work just fine as a > >front end. I don't know anything about HDTV though. The S-video > >output adapter is an optional purchase for $19; it comes with DVI > >and VGA output. > > > >btw- on a remote front end, when I pause live tv, that's still > >using the buffer defined on the back end, right? Starting a show, > >I hear the hard drive buzzing away in my laptop... > > > > Todd > > > >On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > > >>Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend? > >> > >>What model / version of the mac is this? > >> > >>Ricardo > >> > >> > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Todd Houle > >Apple Certified System Administrator > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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