[mythtv-users] Anybody using 0.24 on a (1st generation) AppleTV or anyone on Mac OS 10.4?

Fri Mar 18 14:49:48 UTC 2011

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com> wrote:

> MacNean,
>
> I had started with a copy of MythBuntu 10.10 and then added the
> mythbuntu-repos package, switch to 0.24 fixes and ran the aptitude update.
> I got my HDMI cable from NewEgg last night, plugged it in and after two
> reboots, X reconfigured itself and was up and running.  I tried playback,
> but the menu changes were painfully slow and the video loading left me bored
> waiting for it to load... obviously I have something not quite right... as I
> really only record SDTV (have two comcast DTA's running into a PVR-150 and
> PVR-350).  I do have a PCHDTV-5500 recording clear qam that comcast still
> lets through... but I haven't looked into how that playback performs on the
> appletv.  Standard SDTV was good before the HDMI / CRT HDTV switch, so
> probably some tweaking should solve it.
>
>
Have you underclocked the GPU or overclocked I forget which way.  Also, have
you set the Network to C2 (done in grub bootline).

>
> God Bless,
>
> Ben T. Eisemann
> beisemann at gmail.com
>
> Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of
> its strength.—Charles Spurgeon
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:59 PM, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com> wrote:
>>
>>> MacNean,
>>>
>>> Fortunately my inherited CRT HDTV only supports video over HDMI and has a
>>> seperately defined and accessible set of RCA jacks for audio input.  I was
>>> surprised that the AppleTV hardware survived a full on package update using
>>> PPA 0.24 fixes.  Didn't have to "fix" a thing...
>>>
>>> still have a bunch of tweaking to do, but over all I am quite pleased.
>>>
>>>
>> Ok so you had it running previous versions.  yea don't see why it wouldn't
>> update to .24 or .25 without problem.  Think I started with .22 on it, can't
>> remember, but Also started with like 8.04 Mythbuntu, which has upgraded
>> right along with myth fine.  My only thing is, now all my other frontends
>> use Netbook remix (Acer Revo's and my father's machine I have set up for
>> him).  So been debating starting over on the appletv and putting netbook
>> remix (so sue me but I actually like Pulse Audio).  And w/e GUI is on the
>> netbook remix is pretty light weight, prolly not as much as XFCE prolly why
>> I haven't on the aptv yet.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> God Bless,
>>>
>>> Ben T. Eisemann
>>> beisemann at gmail.com
>>>
>>> Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of
>>> its strength.—Charles Spurgeon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:56 PM, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> MacNeal,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the reply... so I'm gonna just keep barking up "this-here"
>>>>> tree.  I was following the ATV Bootloader instructions as well.  I've been
>>>>> saving my notes, in hopes of making at least a mailing list report as to how
>>>>> I got mine tweaked.  There's all sorts of resources out there and a
>>>>> combination of about 6 or 7 different sources has netted pretty decent
>>>>> results so far.  Just doesn't seem to be anything real up to date.
>>>>>
>>>>> I got mildly distracted with the new (to me anyways) 1080i HDTV CRT and
>>>>> getting decent feed from the appletv to it... but i'll get back into the
>>>>> swing of things soon.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The only thing i really don't like is no sound through the HDMI.  Doubt
>>>> that will ever be fixed tbh.  Yea took me a couple hours to get it all set.
>>>>  And now I just update/upgrade it.  (mythbuntu).  That does take awhile at
>>>> times.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> God Bless,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben T. Eisemann
>>>>> beisemann at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today
>>>>> of its strength.—Charles Spurgeon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:30 PM, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Ben Eisemann <ben at locojeeper.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MacNean,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you running the 0.24 frontend on top of the AppleTV OS or on
>>>>>>> Linux?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've got Mythbuntu running with 0.24 on the AppleTV hardware and it
>>>>>>> works pretty well.  I only record SD content anyways (was given a 1080i HDTV
>>>>>>> CRT over the weekend, we'll have to see how that works).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If your still running AppleTV OS did you use a pre-compiled binary or
>>>>>>> did you compile it yourself?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would very much like to run 0.24 frontend on top of the AppleTV
>>>>>>> OS...  at least too see.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure about the Crystal HD chip... I'd like to try that.  I think
>>>>>>> from what I saw you'd need to run linux instead of mac os frontend to take
>>>>>>> advantage of it though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. AFAIKnew anyways CrystalHD had drivers in XMBC but not in mythtv.
>>>>>>  Why I asked before I purchase one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. I got my super cheap like 2 years ago or something.  I put linux on
>>>>>> it ASAP.  I have a USB boot stick.  I just followed:
>>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/  also the tips and tricks
>>>>>> people have posted on the discussion boards there, also
>>>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_On_AppleTV_with_Mythbuntu_9.10 has
>>>>>> some of those tips and tricks.  So no never even ran the AppleTV OS, have no
>>>>>> need for it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> God Bless,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ben T. Eisemann
>>>>>>> beisemann at gmail.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties
>>>>>>> today of its strength.—Charles Spurgeon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:47 PM, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Ajay Sharma <
>>>>>>>> ajayrockrock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Raymond Wagner <
>>>>>>>>> raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > On <3%2F10%2F2011> <3%2F10%2F2011> <3%2F10%2F2011><3%2F10%2F2011><3%2F10%2F2011><3%2F10%2F2011><3%2F10%2F2011>
>>>>>>>>> 3/10/2011 18:04, Ben Eisemann wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >> Now comes the MythFrontend install... everything i've been
>>>>>>>>> reading
>>>>>>>>> >> references old versions of MythTV (i.e. 0.21).  Has anyone had
>>>>>>>>> success
>>>>>>>>> >> running the 0.24 MythFrontend on the first generation AppleTV's?
>>>>>>>>>  They
>>>>>>>>> >> run a variant of Mac OS 10.4... so anybody running that?
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > The first generation AppleTV has a 1GHz Pentium M.  It won't have
>>>>>>>>> enough
>>>>>>>>> > power for playback of anything better than standard definition.
>>>>>>>>>  If you
>>>>>>>>> > load Linux on instead, you can try using a CrystalHD decoder in
>>>>>>>>> place of
>>>>>>>>> > the wireless card.  Beyond that, with only 256MB of memory,
>>>>>>>>> depending on
>>>>>>>>> > the display resolution, mythfrontend will likely start swapping
>>>>>>>>> and may
>>>>>>>>> > be unusably slow.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have a 1st gen apple tv but I use it as an XBMC frontend and
>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>> are addons for mythtv as well.  It's pretty decent with the
>>>>>>>>> CrystalHD
>>>>>>>>> card.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is the CrystalHD card supported in MythTV yet?  And if so how much
>>>>>>>> they cost?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BTW I have .24 on my AppleTV.  The menu's are slow but playback is
>>>>>>>> fine of SD content (mkv files ripped at constant 16, TV shows recorded with
>>>>>>>> pvr-250/500, etc.).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Ajay
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> MacNean C. Tyrrell
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> MacNean C. Tyrrell
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>>>>
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