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

[Scott D. Davilla]

>  >> 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."
>>
>>  720p or 1080p display setting ? Not to point fingers but this was something
>>  that   forced me to move to XBMC as a FE for mythtv. Caching all the user
>>  screens in memory was a real killer for performance on a RAM limited
>>  platform. Not sure how it works now.
>
>What do you use to access MythTV content from xbmc?   I have tried
>several ways to do that, including the native mythtv protocol support,
>python plugins, and mounting the recording directory and playing the
>video files directly.   But, none worked reliably for me (except
>mounting the video directory, but that has usability/functionality
>drawbacks).
>
>With reliable myth access from XBMC + the add-in card for video
>decoding, it would make the AppleTV a great little frontend.

native mythtv protocol support using the "myth://" method, dteirney 
has added Commercial skipping support recently. However, this is 
getting a little off topic and I suggest posting over in xbmc forums 
if you are having problems less we risk a total thread hi-jack.