[mythtv-users] Mac os X intel binary?

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 3/14/06, Brian Wallen <brian_wallen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I want to report that I've had luck on my Macbook with mythfrontend.  I
> downloaded the .19 binary from www.thesniderpad.com, and at first I didn't
> get any picture, just sound.  Then I went into the tv playback options, and
> I think I changed off of quicktime to something else and it worked.  I've
> got my macbook, but I'll be away from my backend until Sunday, so I won't be
> able to tell you what exactly I changed until then, but you should be able
> to find it pretty easily.

Thanks Brian,  but the mythfrontend binaries on "thesniderpad" are
PowerPC versions.  So, your MacBook is running them in Rosetta /
PowerPC emulation mode.  Your system may be fast enough to do SD video
that way, but I don't think it could do HD.    We're trying to compile
mythfrontend in a native Intel format, so it can use the full power of
these new systems.  With a native frontend, the core duo systems
should be able to easily handle HD video.


> >From: "Todd Ignasiak" <ignasiak at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mac os X intel binary?
> >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:59:18 -0800
> >
> >On 3/14/06, Adam Bodnar <ambodnar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Out of curiosity Todd, have you or any the other people working on
> > > this reported the issue to Apple?
> >
> >I submitted a bug report on Apple's developer site this morning.   I
> >also posted an inquiry on their quicktime API mailing list (as did one
> >of the VLC developers, after learning the same problem existed in
> >MythTV, VLC, and MPlayer).
> >
> >I'm also looking into the quicktime APIs a bit.  But as a complete
> >newbie on quicktime, it will be a real longshot for me to find
> >anything.   I would really like to find a positive example, of
> >DecompressSequenceFrameWhen actually working on an Intel-Mac, to make
> >sure it's not an Apple problem.
> >
> >
> > > On 3/14/06, Todd Ignasiak <ignasiak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 3/14/06, Todd Houle <thoule at deeleyfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > > Just got my MacBook Pro- so far it's been fun execpt mythtv gives me
> > > > > no picture - just audio running through Rosetta...
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not qualified to compile it myself (unless I have no choice) so
> > > > > does anyone have a precompiled binary of mythtv frontend for Mac
> > > > > Intel?  I'm running v.18.1 still - I've been too afraid of breaking
> > > > > something to upgrade it since I built it.  Everything's been running
> > > > > great so I haven't risked making the wife mad by breaking it for an
> > > > > 'upgrade'...
> > > >
> > > > I don't think anyone has a working Intel binary yet.   Several people
> > > > have been attempting to build one, but we've run into a problem in the
> > > > QuickTime display libraries that prevents any video from being
> > > > displayed.    The same issue effects the MacOS-Intel build of VLC and
> > > > mplayer, so it's not clear whether it's an Apple problem, or an issue
> > > > with how the APIs are being used.
> > > >
> > > > I put up a Wiki page, for collaboration and status tracking:
> > > > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Myth_on_Mac_x86
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