No network issues. 1GB of RAM. I am running 10.5 - could that be the issue? I can rebuild the system with 10.4 if necessary.<br><br>Daniel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Sunday 29 June 2008 09:07:31 Daniel Segel wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Craig Treleaven <<a href="mailto:ctreleaven@cogeco.ca">ctreleaven@cogeco.ca</a>><br>
><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > At 11:32 PM -0700 6/28/08, Daniel Segel wrote:<br>
> > >I have an iMac G5 1.8GHz system that I'm trying to run Mythfrontend on.<br>
> > > My<br>
> ><br>
> > backend records and plays back HD content just fine with no problems at<br>
> > all, but when I try to play any recorded HD content on the Mac it's very<br>
> > jittery and many frames are dropped. Before I spend a lot more time on<br>
> > this system I'd like to know if it's reasonable to expect this Mac to<br>
> > play back HD programming in the first place.<br>
> ><br>
> > >And if not, would a newer Intel Mac Mini do the job? What's the minimum<br>
> ><br>
> > processing/graphics power I need on a Mac to work as an effective<br>
> > frontend for HD content?<br>
> ><br>
> > Any Intel mini will play 19 Mbps Mpeg2 HD fine. You aren't trying to<br>
> > play HD over a wireless network connection, are you?<br>
><br>
> No, it's a wired 100Mb ethernet connection. I tried it in a smaller window<br>
> and it was choppy as well.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Certainly a G5 has the capability to play HD, unless something else is<br>
constraining it.<br>
<br>
Got plenty of RAM? Network not too heavily loaded?<br>
<br>
beww<br>
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