[mythtvnz] Front-end hardware

[Steven Ellis]

On 3/05/2009, at 10:28 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:

>
> 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.

On any non-nvidia apple hardware all hardware acceleration is minimal.  
I've got a MacBook (multi-boot) which under EyeTV, VNC and Qucktime  
has very high CPU load playing any freeview|HD material.

>
> Jean-Yves.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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