[mythtv-users] Mac os X intel binary?
Ask Bjørn Hansen
ask at develooper.com
Thu Mar 16 03:42:11 UTC 2006
On Mar 15, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Brian Wallen wrote:
>> 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.
FWIW, VLC (PowerPC) didn't have any trouble playing mpeg2 HD streams
on my 2GHz MacBook. I forget if I tried with a PPC VLC, but it's
also playing H.264 HD video flawlessly.
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