[mythtvnz] Front-end hardware

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

I don't why someone said that, but HD support on the Apple TV is close  
to nonexistent. While running the native OS they can do hardware  
decoding of H264 up to 720p but this isn't available on Linux.

Don't expect to watch any of the Freeview HD channels on an Apple TV.

Jean-Yves.


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On 03/05/2009, at 8:09 PM, Russ McMullan <russ.mcmullan at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hey wade,
>
> From reading around the place and taking others recommendations, I  
> wont be using OS X, just dedicated Linux (with mythtv 0.21) Haven't  
> decided on which flavour, but I use ubuntu everywhere else (the  
> knoppix looks ok, and gentoo seems very popular on appletv. Will buy  
> a appletv and go from there. Open to suggestions.....
>
> Am happy with 6 buttons for these other secondary front-ends at this  
> stage. (Just need up, down, enter, esc, L, R ? ) My main living room  
> I use the MCE remote, and have programmed the vol and power so that  
> is the only remote we use.    Happy to spring for another remote  
> later if the 6 buttons is really annyoying. Not having a power  
> button on the appletv remote for the tv/monitor will be the kicker.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Wade Maxfield <mythtvnz at hotblack.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Front-end hardware
>
> On 2/5/09 1:06 PM, Russ McMullan wrote:
>
> >     - I'm thinking of using the AppleTV but it is a bit steep at  
> $500, but
> >     supports HD, has a remote, HDMI, wireless.
>
> Is this going to run MythTV under OS X, or are you going to reboot  
> into
> Linux when you want to use MythTV (or just leave permanently booted in
> Linux)?
>
> It's just that you can't change aspect ratio at all under OS X with  
> 0.21
> or earlier.  I don't know about 0.22.
>
> Also you might want to up your budget to include a universal remote as
> the Apple Remote has only 6 buttons (12 functions if you include long
> presses - which are a pain to actually use)
>
>  - Wade
>
>
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