[mythtv-users] iMac as possible Frontend?

[Simon Allcorn]

Hi,

I currently have 2 imac (1x G3 400Mhz - free, 1x G3 500Mhz - 50 quid from
fleabay) and am trying to get them working as myth frontends. I've not
managed to do it yet, but mainly because ubuntu has a kernel option turned
on that caused gcc to segfault (and the pre-built frontends too). So now I'm
trying  to get fredora running and will let you know how I get on. I'm going
on the same theory as Sarah above  - if it can play DVDs it should be able
to play standard def DVB feeds.

My other frontend is an xbox (still work in progress)


Simon


On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Sarah Hayes <sarah at sarahhayes.is-a-geek.net>
wrote:

> Dustin Herrman wrote:
> > Greeting,
> >
> > I am wanting to put a Myth Frontend in my kid's playroom.  We don't have
> > an extra TV, so I was thinking of getting an old iMac on eBay.  I have
> > read the couple of articles on the wiki about this, but was wondering if
> > anyone is actually doing this and how is it working?  Would you
> > recommend a G4? G5? Intel?
> >
> > Any advice is welcomed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > dusty
> >
> > Current Setup:
> > Single Frontend/Backend:
> > Fedora 8
> > Mythtv 0.21 (Weekly Build)
> > 2 - AMD Opteron 242
> > 2 GB RAM
> > 500 GB storage
> > Capture Cards: WinTV 150 & WinTV 500
> >
> >
>
> I used to have a G5-800 imac that had MythFrontend running on it.
> Didn't test livetv though as at the time... no tunners (testing it as a
> media manager system).  But it could play back XviD and DVD's quite
> happily so I'd assume have no issue with an mpeg2 stream.
>
> I wouldn't want to feed it HD though.
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