[mythtv-users] 2010 Mac mini: no go! (Nvidia MCP89 SATA issues)

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM, scram69 <scram69 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>> At 4:12 PM +0200 6/25/10, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
>>>>Just to let you know. I've just tried to get Fedora 13 (x86_64) on the
>>>>new 2010 mac mini but got stuck. No SATA devices are recognized so
>>>>installation is a no go. I filed a bug in Fedora bugzilla [1]. People
>>>>with Ubuntu have the same problems.
>>>
>>> If you're looking to run Myth on it, why not try it under OS X?
>>>
>>> http://thesniderpad.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42
>>
>> Because hardware/gpu decoding support when running under Mac OS X
>> doesn't exist (yet).
>>
> For those of us OSX'ers who may be looking at some new hardware soon,
> would it be possible to get you to elaborate on "yet"? i.e. do you
> expect to see support in the next release or two,

Apple added an API in Mac OS X 10.6.3 to make it possible, and folks
are aware of it, but nobody has yet committed to doing the work. As
Scott alluded to, xbmc trunk has recently added support for it. No
clue what's involved in adding it to MythTV.

> and would that
> support work with the previous generation mini (9400M) or just the
> latest 320M?

Both. (Also appears to work on the 9600M GT in my MacBook Pro, unless
the 9400M is silently kicking in w/o my knowledge).

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com