PETER WARNER wrote: > Hey, Sorry if this has been hashed over before, but I am new to the > GList. I am trying to set up a media center on my G4 dual 450. Does > anyone have recommendations regarding Software (free?) and the > ability to use a remote with it? I happen to have a Pinnacle tv for > mac hd mini stick, and would love to use the remote from that for > this purpose. XBMC has a ppc port, so I am looking at that, but I > wanted to hear about real setups other folks have succeeded (or > failed) with. > > I know EyeTV light comes with the pinnacle, but I was not to jazzed > about it when I tried it out. For one thing, I want to be able to > play videos encoded in many different formats, since that is the way > my collection is.
I don't know if a dual 450 is going to be fast enough. I use a G4 1.42 GHz Mini as a media center. It plays or records video well. But playing AND recording tends to throw some glitches in the playback. Recording doesn't seem to be affected. I use an 800MHz QS as a workstation and it plays video okay but periodically it stutters some. It's okay for watching in the garage but I wouldn't want to rely on it for watching with the family and all. I have an EyeTV 250+ and the full EyeTV software. The software and remote work okay. There are things about it I wish were different but that's more of a stylistic thing. Another thing is you may need USB 2.0 ports to get good recordings from a TV device. And make sure you have plenty of storage. I originally had a 60 Gb drive in mine and it got filled up a few times. It now as a 320 Gb drive which hasn't gotten close to being filled up. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
