On 8/31/05, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Mac Mini, and I think it's great. The form factor is > unbeatable, and I don't think I could make a Mini-ITX box for near the > same price. I use mine for all the Apple Apps (iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, > etc.) and general Unix functions. But, not for MythTV. > > I use MythTV for HD material, which makes the Mini a no-go. The > 1.42GHz CPU in mine is not fast enough to decode/display HDTV > material. The mini's ATI Radeon video hardware does have support > for MPEG2 acceleration, unfortunately Apple has chosen not to open an > API into this functionality. So, HD is out of reach for the Mini.
I'd be amazed if the hardware didn't have MPEG2 acceleration/iDCT support (I'd think all ATI cards for the past several years have had this in hardware). Whether or not it is implemented in their driver is another story. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
