[TriLUG] MythTV Front End

[Josh Vickery]

Unfortunately 1080p HD decoding can be quite demanding.  A Mac mini
should be able to handle it, but just barely.  I have a 1.8ghz  Core 2
Duo machine with the Intel 950 graphics, and it drops a few frames on
some 1080p sources, the Mac Mini has a Core Duo 1.8ghz or 1.6ghz
processor and the same 950 graphics, so it might not give you
perfectly smooth playback with all 1080p sources.

Getting the picture to the HDTV with DVI or HDMI should be fine.  I
use a DVI-HDMI cable to connect my computer to my TV and have not had
any issues with it.  As for getting the audio to the TV, the Mac Mini
has an optical digital audio connector, so you would need to either
figure out how to plug that into your TV, or use some sort of USB
soundcard.

Josh

On 7/23/07, Lee <elfick at mac.com> wrote:
> I don't think the specs are laid out in stone, but I'm going to be
> doing HD (which I forgot to mention in the original post) and I don't
> think this will have the horse power to decode it. Additionally it
> would be cool if I could get the signal to the HDTV digitally either
> using DVI or HDMI (unlikely).
>
> On Jul 23, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
>
> > I do not know if these meet the Minimum System Requirements for a Myth
> > front end, but if so, it would be very awesome:
> >
> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5551137361.html
> >
> > What are the min. sys. Requirements for a myth front end?
>
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