[mythtv-users] Mac os X intel binary?

[Ask Bjørn Hansen]

On Mar 15, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Brian Wallen wrote:

>> Thanks Brian,  but the mythfrontend binaries on "thesniderpad" are
>> PowerPC versions.  So, your MacBook is running them in Rosetta /
>> PowerPC emulation mode.  Your system may be fast enough to do SD  
>> video
>> that way, but I don't think it could do HD.    We're trying to  
>> compile
>> mythfrontend in a native Intel format, so it can use the full  
>> power of
>> these new systems.  With a native frontend, the core duo systems
>> should be able to easily handle HD video.

FWIW, VLC (PowerPC) didn't have any trouble playing mpeg2 HD streams  
on my 2GHz MacBook.   I forget if I tried with a PPC VLC, but it's  
also playing H.264 HD video flawlessly.


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