[mythtv-users] Is the Acer Revo still the best frontend?

[Matt Emmott]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

>  On 11/9/2010 11:01, Matt Emmott wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Justin Kim <justinlkim at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> At 7:47 AM -0600 11/9/10, jedi wrote:
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>>> On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 12:08:58AM -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
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>>    See also: Apple Mac Mini.
>>>>
>>>
>>>   Tried that. It wasn't very satisfying. Flash seems to want a CPU that
>>> can
>>> handle HD h264 easily on a single core. It doesn't seem to multithread
>>> very
>>> well. Although it can multithread well enough to use up every spare cycle
>>> on
>>> every core you happen to have.
>>>
>>
>>  Were you having problems with the Mini running OS X or Linux?  I just
>> replaced an old Core Duo (note the missing "2") Mini that could handle most
>> anything I threw at it under OS X.
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>  Did you run H.264 on your mini?
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> What does that even mean?  H.264 is just a codec, and the decoders in
> ffmpeg should be able to handle it on anything i586 spec or newer.  Provided
> sufficiently low complexity, you can play H.264 video on an old Pentium
> Pro.  You have to give a source.  H.264 from DVB recordings.  H.264 from
> HDPVR recordings.  H.264 from BluRay discs.
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I had thought that within the context of the discussion, no more specifics
were needed. What I meant was, "Do you run H.264-encoded MythTV recordings
on your mini?" On my Core Duo Mac I cannot run H.264-encoded recordings from
 my HD-PVR, nor can I run H.264-encoded MKVs from Blu-Ray rips.
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