[mythtv-users] Need (suggestions for) lean mythfrontend

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sun Jul 6 21:48:35 UTC 2008


On Sunday 06 July 2008 15:03:42 Johan wrote:
> I put my hand on a mini PC, installed Ubuntu Hardy on it with Gnome
> desktop and mythtv 0.21-fixes.
> Unfortunately it seems a bit underpowered. The system monitor displayed
> takes 100% CPU (25% for system monitor and 75% for Xorg). It actuall
> runs myth fine, up to the moment an OSD is displayed, then audio starts
> to crackle and errors appear in the log. Guess it's running at its max.
>
> So I need some recommendations to build a lean, custum built kernel and
> if possible a minimized version of myth. All I need initially would be
> the option to play live TV and recordings/movies. Nice to have: firefox

If you are interested in SD only you might look into the Media MVP.

The Mini Mac is also a possibility, as is Apple TV, though I'm not sure of the 
status of that right now.

beww


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