[mythtv-users] 0.24 Mac OS X Build

[scram69]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Michael S. Keller
<samsara at tulsaconnect.com> wrote:
> On 3/28/11 5:42 AM, Andre wrote:
>>
>> On 26 Mar 2011, at 16:08, Michael S. Keller wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/26/11 8:56 AM, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>>>> At 5:13 AM -0500 3/26/11, Michael S. Keller wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone have a good link for making a written bug report to Apple? I
>>>>> hate being funneled into their phone system.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
>>
>> A long time Apple Developer friend tells me the only way to get them to pay attention is to find a way in which your bug is a security risk! I always thought they ignored such things but he claims they jump if you mention security these days.
>>
>> Apparently even buying the relevant Apple guys lunch doesn't work any more!
>
> I was pointed to a potential solution, which has worked well enough in
> an evening of testing that I'm going to subject my internal OS disk to it:
>
> Update to 10.6.7, let it install all its normal updates beyond that,
> then overwrite the GeForce* and NVDA* kexts in
> /System/Library/Extensions/ from the 2011 MBP-specific 10.6.7 update
> (requires extracting the kexts from the install package (I used
> Pacifist), as the disk image's own installer will balk at other models).
> I then booted in Safe Mode to get the kext cache fixed up, then booted
> normally and my combination of MythTV and other acceleration-dependent
> software was smooth on dual displays.
>
> Maybe this will work for you, too.
>
> -Michael
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Michael,
Thanks for the tip!  Since I was already at 10.6.7, I gave these kexts
a try, and it pretty much fixed the issue for my 2009 NVIDIA mini and
720p playback.  There is some jerkiness that lasts for ~5 seconds, but
after that, playback is smooth.
Seems strange that Apple would release a fix for the NVIDIA drivers,
but only for the MacBookPro...

Steve