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

Fri Mar 18 14:51:27 UTC 2011

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:49 AM, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com> wrote:

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

Also forgot, menu is always slow for me, i mean maybe your slow is slower
then my slow.  And it does take 5-15 seconds for a video to start playing,
but once playing it's smooth.

Again, does anyone know if the crystal HD drivers work in mythtv yet?

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>> 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:
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>>>
>>>
>>> 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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