[mythtv-users] Mac Mini as Frontend?

[Matt Emmott]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> On Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:04:51 am Jurgen Kramer wrote:
>
> >
> > My suggestions is, if you really want HD and a mini, go for a mini which
> > has Nvidia Geforce graphics. I am using two (1x 2009 model, 1x 2010
> > model) both running Linux. Utterly silent. I do not use the internal
> > optical drives. The downside is their price...
> > I think the OS X version of Mythfrontend cannot/does not use the VDPAU
> > capabilities of the GPU and is therefore less usable for HD.
>
> Thanks, that's the sort of info I was looking for.
>
> I figure if I'm seeing the Intel models now, the nVidia units should start
> showing up on the refurb market soon.
>
> nVidia has been the graphics provider of choice for Myth systems for as
> long as I can remember, so it make sense it would
> be the way to go for any hardware.
>
>
>
I believe these have mini-pciE slots for the wireless cards, which you could
replace with a CrystalHD decoder once the support in MythTV matures. It
appears that it will be supported in 0.24 as an experimental feature.
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