Re: XBMC? remote?
At 9:19 AM -0700 8/20/2009, Clark Martin wrote: >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. Check the process prioritites. You might be able to bump the niceness of the playback job a bit, which will smooth it out, and still not glitch up the recording. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: XBMC? remote?
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: XBMC? remote?
On Aug 19, 2009, at 6:17 PM, 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. Myth TV runs on OS X, but a 450 (even a dual 450) is pretty slow for this sort of thing. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
XBMC? remote?
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. Thanks, Peter --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
