[mythtv-users] Need suggestion for Frontend only fanless solution

[Todd Houle]

I'm running a front end (not to TV) on my Mac G4 laptop (1.6Ghz)-  
which has a hair more power than the mini.  Here, I'm using 33% of my  
CPU when watching a show.  The show is recorded with a PVR350 at high  
quality (720x480?).  Seeing as the mini is only a little less brainy  
than this machine, I think it would work just fine as a front end.  I  
don't know anything about HDTV though.  The S-video output adapter is  
an optional purchase for $19; it comes with DVI and VGA output.

btw- on a remote front end, when I pause live tv, that's still using  
the buffer defined on the back end, right?  Starting a show, I hear  
the hard drive buzzing away in my laptop...

    Todd

On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:

> Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend?
>
> What model / version of the mac is this?
>
> Ricardo
>
>



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Todd Houle
Apple Certified System Administrator


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