[mythtv-users] AppleTV with Linux

[scram69]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Based on the fact that MythFrontend doesn't crash when he exits live
>  TV, I'd say he had to be running on Linux..."
>
> In that case, then maybe this thread should be merged with the "Quick boot
> Linux?" thread.
>
> If he has it booting Linux when he launches it from the Apple TV interface,
> he's shutting down OS X and Booting Linux AND loading mythfrontend in about
> 10 seconds.  That's pretty impressive considering the speed of the hardware.
>
> I run mythfrontend on OS X on 3 different Macs, and they all seem to be as
> stable or better than any of my other frontends running on Linux
> (.20.2...can't speak for any of the SVN builds).
>
> - Josh
>
I agree, it would have to be blazing fast, but...
I have run 0.20-fixes and 0.20.2 on both a 1.66 CD and a 2.0 C2D mini,
and in every case, Mythfrontend routinely segfaults when exiting live
TV.  Otherwise, yes, it is just as stable as my Linux frontend.