The new mac mini has been released, and we’ve decided to go ahead and use it for a second frontend for the MythTV backend. Not that we’re big TV watchers, but having a second frontend upstairs gives us a chance to hole up upstairs when sick/etc… and watch the same programs as downstairs. We’ll see how streaming HD over 802.11n goes!
Well, how did the Mac Mini 2009 handle the HDTV? This is potentially very interesting setup.
Streaming is sketchy from downstairs to upstairs. I got a dedicated Airport Extreme that operates in the 5GHz range and it’s much more reliable. I can stream HD, *but* if there is any interference I get hiccups. I’m thinking it might be best to figure out a way to get CAT-6 up there. On the mini’s ability to play HD. It’s flawless.
Hey, thanks for the information! Great public service. And, that is good to hear since I am running cat6 with gb network from FE to BE as part of my remodel.
My mockup includes a HD HomeRun + Pentium-D/Ubuntu 8.04 (32-bit) BE to a (borrowed) Macbook FE running MacOS with an old switch. I have aspirations of adding a Hauppage HD-PVR at some point.
The BE is fine and < 10% CPU (appoaching 100% as a BE/FE) but the MythTV front end application running on a pre-build MacOS MythTV binary locks up and dies quite a bit on Mac. The Macbook is quite a lot like a MacMini so I have been worried.
Are you running MacOS or Ubuntu?