[mythtv-users] Mac Mini Frontend - HDTV Capable?

[Matt Mousseau]

http://www.nobell.org/~gjm/pc/macmini-hdtv-htpc.html

Can anybody else make sense of this guy's tests? They seem to suggest
that it would be capable of playing it back, albeit at near 100% cpu
with occasional drops (which would, though annoying, be ok. So long as
it only does it occasionally...)

Matthew Mousseau
AMSVans, Inc. Webmaster
matt at amsvans.com


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Robert Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:21 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mac Mini Frontend - HDTV Capable?


On 4/26/05, Matt Mousseau <matt at amsvans.com> wrote:
> I wonder if that is a data delivery (from the HD) issue...ie, could a 
> data stream coming over gigbit ethernet be played? Now I'm worried 
> again :-/

I doubt it, considering earlier in the test they used the same box to
record a stream from a cable box over firewire and the CPU usage was
around 8%.

It's definately a decoding issue, but considering the Mac video drivers
don't expose any kind of Hardware Accelleration on the video card, all
the decoding's being done in CPU, which ain't got the guts to do it.
-- 
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston
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