Hello,
I'm using the MacMini as my VDR since a few weeks :)
configuration: - of course the MacMini - Cinergy T2 (DVB-T) - ATI remote wonder - gentoo linux with vdr 1.3.24 - xine-plugin (thanks Reinhard for OSD fix :)
And it works very well! No big problems so far, except one: TV-Out doesn't work yet for me. I've tried using gatos.sf.net-drivers from Rune Petersen - but no luck yet. Maybe someone can help!!?!?
Some minor problems still must be solved: - DVD playback is sometimes choppy - Mplayer plugin (using /usr/bin/xineplayer) doesn't work How does xineplayer work? I think it sends a command to xine to play the selected file, doesn't it? Would be also possible to play a DVD via xineplayer? How can I debug xineplayer?
Please share your experiences too :)
Regards Carsten
Am 10.08.2005 um 21:20 schrieb Reinhard Nissl:
Hi,
Carsten Koch wrote:
IMHO the Mac mini is an excellent machine for the living room.
- It is so silent you can hardly hear it.
- It looks good and does not take up a lot of space.
- It has a built-in DVD ROM.
- It runs 2 UNIXes - MacOS X and Linux.
- It has a DVI output which provides perfect picture quality with a DLP beamer or a flat panel display.
So I am thinking of using one instead of my current diskless VDR client (an MSI hetis barebone). Of course the Mac mini does not have a PCI slot, so I will not be able to put in a DVB card. Would the Xine plugin be a good solution for such a system? Has anyone tried it on a Mac running Linux?
I bcc this message to Carsten Rietzschel. He has contacted me for OSD color issues which will be fixed in vdr-xine-0.7.5. Maybe he can tell us his experience with vdr-xine and Mac mini ;-)
Bye.
Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl mailto:rnissl@gmx.de