[mythtv-users] fc4.ppc, Mac Mini and MythTV

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Wed Jan 18 01:32:28 UTC 2006


On Monday 09 January 2006 15:31, Matt Hannan wrote:
> Wade Maxfield wrote:
> >> Happy New Year to you all.
> >>
> >> I finally have FC4 running on my Mac Mini.
> >> MythTV is installed but I am having several issues.
> >>
> >> First, MythMusic emits just a horrible blast of static, even if the
> >> volume control is set to mute.
> >> Any one got this running?
> >>
> >> [...deleted...]
> >>
> >> Well, I think that will do it for now! Any ideas, folks?
> >> I'd hate to come this far just to have to reload OS X!
> >> I can not stand iTunes and am dying to get MythMusic rolling again.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any and all help.
> >> Matt Hannan
> >
> > Just as an out of left field suggestion, have you thought about
> > trying Yellow Dog Linux?
> >
> > http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/ydl.shtml
> >
> > The latest release lists improved sound support as one of it's
> > improvements... Sorry I can't add more but all my Macs are happy with OS
> > X
> >
> Well, that is an idea. I will look into it.

Not likely to make much of a difference, but you could certainly try it. I 
gave up on YDL the minute FC was available for PowerPC. Though I still run OS 
X the vast majority of the time on my PowerPC hardware.

> I reloaded OS X last night, 
> but it just doesn't feel like the right thing to do!
> AHAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHA!
> Just kidding. I am not a zealot of any OS over the other.
> As long as an OS does what I need it to, then that is the right OS to use.

Amen. Thus the reason my PPC laptop gets far more use than my x86 one, and 
runs OS X almost exclusively... :)

(I do have pre-FC5 on my PowerBook, but haven't had time to play with Myth on 
it yet)...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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