[mythtv] Enabling MMX on MacOS X Intel builds

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Fri Mar 24 01:56:19 UTC 2006


On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:46 PM, Todd Ignasiak wrote:

> On 3/23/06, Nigel Pearson <nigel at ind.tansu.com.au> wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, I don't think the "Accellant" code will
>>> benefit the Mini.  The GPU doesn't support iDCT offload.
>>
>> 1) Bummer.
>>
>> 2) I wonder what the Intel iMacs can do.
>
> I think both the iMac and the MacBook use Radeon GPUs.  All the
> Radeons have good MPEG2 acceleration capabilities, so they should be
> allright.
>
> Also, the G4 Mini has a Radeon.  With iDCT offload it might be fast
> enough to do HD.  (I've got one of those too, so I'm hoping it will be
> fast enough.)

The MacBook Pro and iMac use the ATIx1600 card. Not sure about the mini.



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