[mythtv-users] Mac Mini Video Acceleration Question (h.264)

[jedi]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 12:12:44PM +1100, Bill Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:19 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:28:36PM -0700, Peter Loron wrote:
> >>
> >> On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
> >>
> >>>> On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Jeff Wormsley wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> jedi wrote:
> >>>>>>  It's certainly an intriguing prospect. I am not sure I would
> >>>>>> want to open up an ATV though. It's really cool that more
> >>>>>> hardware of this sort
> >>>>>> is getting Linux support.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I certainly look forward to being able to use my ATV for more than
> >>>>> just a paperweight.
> >>>>> Jeff.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah! This will be a great addition to ATV. Another 256M of RAM
> >>>> would be nifty, too.  :-)
> >>>
> >>> Dream on, it's not really needed and there's a trick under Linux with
> >>> the nvidia driver to re-gain 64MBs that the drive steals.
> >>
> >> I've done that hack, and the FE is still slooooow when switching between
> >> menus, starting up movies, etc. Yes, this is with the lowest memory theme
> >> I can find, and nothing else running. It works, but trying to explain to
> >> my wife that she needs to not hammer the arrow button on the remote is
> >> hard..."just wait for it to catch up, honey."
> >
> > ...you might want to try a Revo then. It's about the same size as an ATV
> > but it's got more RAM and an nv9400. It's about the same price too.
> > Although it's got some fan noise that you might not like.
> >
> >   Both IONs I've tried so far are noisier than Apple gear (ATV & mini).
> 
> 
> I thought the revo was fanless?

   Nope. It's got a fan in there. It's not too bad if you're watching something.
It might be annoying if it's sitting idle in your bedroom. OTOH, both the Revo
and Asrock 330 have relatively well placed power switches. So you can switch
the buggers off when not in use.

   The lack of an off switch on the ATV always annoyed me.

   The Asrock I have sitting in the bedroom where the ATV used to sit is 
usually powered off as the wife doesn't like fan noise or the light on the
power switch.

   I've not put much effort into silencing either device. Although I have
played around with the asrock BIOS a bit to get it's fan to be quieter.