[mythtv-users] Mac Mini Video Acceleration Question (h.264)

[Bill Williamson]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:19 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:28:36PM -0700, Peter Loron wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
>>
>>>> On Oct 8, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Jeff Wormsley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> jedi wrote:
>>>>>>  It's certainly an intriguing prospect. I am not sure I would
>>>>>> want to open up an ATV though. It's really cool that more
>>>>>> hardware of this sort
>>>>>> is getting Linux support.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I certainly look forward to being able to use my ATV for more than
>>>>> just a paperweight.
>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah! This will be a great addition to ATV. Another 256M of RAM
>>>> would be nifty, too.  :-)
>>>
>>> Dream on, it's not really needed and there's a trick under Linux with
>>> the nvidia driver to re-gain 64MBs that the drive steals.
>>
>> I've done that hack, and the FE is still slooooow when switching between
>> menus, starting up movies, etc. Yes, this is with the lowest memory theme
>> I can find, and nothing else running. It works, but trying to explain to
>> my wife that she needs to not hammer the arrow button on the remote is
>> hard..."just wait for it to catch up, honey."
>
> ...you might want to try a Revo then. It's about the same size as an ATV
> but it's got more RAM and an nv9400. It's about the same price too.
> Although it's got some fan noise that you might not like.
>
>   Both IONs I've tried so far are noisier than Apple gear (ATV & mini).


I thought the revo was fanless?