[mythtv-users] Mac Frontend requirements for HD playback

[Daniel Segel]

No network issues. 1GB of RAM. I am running 10.5 - could that be the issue?
I can rebuild the system with 10.4 if necessary.

Daniel

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> On Sunday 29 June 2008 09:07:31 Daniel Segel wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > At 11:32 PM -0700 6/28/08, Daniel Segel wrote:
> > > >I have an iMac G5 1.8GHz system that I'm trying to run Mythfrontend
> on.
> > > > My
> > >
> > > backend records and plays back HD content just fine with no problems at
> > > all, but when I try to play any recorded HD content on the Mac it's
> very
> > > jittery and many frames are dropped. Before I spend a lot more time on
> > > this system I'd like to know if it's reasonable to expect this Mac to
> > > play back HD programming in the first place.
> > >
> > > >And if not, would a newer Intel Mac Mini do the job? What's the
> minimum
> > >
> > > processing/graphics power I need on a Mac to work as an effective
> > > frontend for HD content?
> > >
> > > Any Intel mini will play 19 Mbps Mpeg2 HD fine.  You aren't trying to
> > > play HD over a wireless network connection, are you?
> >
> > No, it's a wired 100Mb ethernet connection. I tried it in a smaller
> window
> > and it was choppy as well.
>
> Certainly a G5 has the capability to play HD, unless something else is
> constraining it.
>
> Got plenty of RAM? Network not too heavily loaded?
>
> beww
>
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