I'm running 2 frontends on OS X 10.4 on two 800mhz G4 eMacs. They're slower than my P4 frontend, but they both work. <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Chris Ribe <<a href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com">chrisribe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> In fact, considering current market values (of used powerPC<br>
> machines), I would not recommend running myth on any processor<br>
> other than AMD or Intel. Some people on this list are happy with<br>
> their VIA setups, but I think they are happy because they work at<br>
> all, not because of the performance.<br>
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</div>I have to disagree with this. I run MythFrontend on my 1.33 ghz<br>
PowerBook and it works great, even over the Airport Extreme (802.11g)<br>
for SD. I can't say anything about HD, as I don't have any yet.<br>
<div><div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br>How do timestretch and fast forward work for you? Any G4 Mac can handle playing back standard def mpeg2 or mjpeg video, but I have found the MythFrontend experience to be much less smooth (menu navigation, timestretch, and fast forward all suffer), even on a 1.67 GHz PowerBook, than it is on more adequately processored systems. <br>
<br>A G5 Mac will provide all the grunt you need for a pleasant SD MythFrontend experience, but they are not a good value proposition, in my opinion. A $600 G5 iMac only gets you a 17.7" 4:3 screen ( after taking into account letterboxing on the 20" screen), although if used for DVD playback, the 16:10 screen might actually be a nice compromise. The form factor is nice for a bedroom frontend, I can't argue with that.<br>
<br>However, for that same $600 you could also build a low power x86 system and get a new 22" LCD. Or you could get an old x86 laptop and a 22" LCD. If you want to really drive the price down, you could probably find a laptop with a broken screen. <br>
<br>As for PowerMac G5s, yeah they are cheap compared when new, but what are you really getting for that ~$750 dollars? You get a monstrous ( they weigh 60lb. ) noisy thing with relatively low power by today's standards.<br>
<br>So, after more consideration, I'll eat my words. A 20" G5 iMac is a reasonable candidate for a frontend. <br><font color="#888888"><br>-chris<br> <br> <br></font></div></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>TV/IT Engineer<br>WCJB-TV Gainesville, FL<br>
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