[mythtv-users] Status of LinuxPPC mythttv?

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 8 16:39:30 EST 2004


On Thursday 08 January 2004 16:11, Bruce C. Dillahunty wrote:
> I run it... there is a patch (I have it at home) that you can load,
> but it isn't current... a few "tweaks" and I've gotten it to work
> well enough to watch shows, etc. Filters won't run, at least some of
> them, since they seem to rely on x86 assembly.
>
> Let me know if you want the patch and I'll send it on.
>
> You may be short on horsepower... I have a 733Mhz G4 and it runs
> about 50-60% watching TV. Obviously it doesn't offload much to the
> video card on mine :-)
>
> Is there any interest in moving the PPC code into the main tree? I
> think it could be done with some #ifdefs... would that be acceptable?

Gets my vote, FWIW.

-JAC



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