[mythtv-users] myth front end on new mac mini core 2 duo?

[Bill Williamson]

2009/3/19 Adam Stylinski <kungfujesus06 at gmail.com>

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:26:57PM -0700, Jason wrote:
> > Hi Damian,
> >
> > > Does anyone have an direct experience (or know someone/URL) of getting
> one
> > > of the new Mac Mini (upper model - the one with the NVIDIA GeForce
> 9400M
> > > with 256MB of shared DDR3 SDRAM) working with the OS X mythfrontend ?
> > >
> > > If so... can you answer... does it play HD (1080i) content without
> trouble?
> >
> > I just got a new mini yesterday.  It's the base model.
> >
> > I downloaded the latest -fixes branch release of the frontend and played
> with that for a short while.  I didn't do any scientific testing, but it
> didn't appear that any acceleration was in use.  The video played back fine,
> but it seemed a bit sluggish in fast moving scenes and after jumps forward.
>  I don't see any evidence that GPU acceleration is being used.  (I didn't
> see any evidence that it wasn't being used either.)
> >
> > I've installed mythbuntu on a bootcamp partition using the instructions
> here:  http://blog.costan.us/2009/03/ubuntu-810-or-904-on-mac-mini.html
> The video playback performance in that installation "feels" a bit better.
>  My goal is to get VDPAU working on it in the next few days.
> >
> > Jason
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> Wait doesn't the "Quartz" acceleration option automatically use OS X's
> built in GPU acceleration?  The latest Leopard I thought integrated that
> functionality right into the video API.
>
>
I would like to know this as well!  I have a mini on order...
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