[mythtv-users] Mac os X intel binary?

[Brian Wallen]

Ah, well that makes sense.  I thought something was up with it.  Good luck 
in making a native intel binary.


>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 22:07:30 -0800
>
>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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