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2008-04-01, 10:14
Well guys, i have a couple macs that i dont use anymore one being a macmini 1.5ghz that i modded with 1gb of ram.
I would love to run XBMC with it, im currently running it with my macbook, but theres no port for PPC and probably wont be in a while or never, can i install linux on my macmini and run XBMC even if its PPC?
Thanks in advance..
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I am also interesting in a linux ppc version, just to make something of my old macmini.
I just installed debian on my mac mini, and tried to compile xbmc, the result is not so bad, the gui part of xbmc does not use assembly instructions, so there is not any problem, but the audio/video decoders along with the dll loader are using asm, so there will be much work :/
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Curious - how limiting is the processing power of the PPC chips commonly found in the target platforms discussed here? Video?
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I'll try to tread lightly since I understand that many PPC users won't like this but... does it make sense to port to the PPC if HD isn't possible? Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper in that case to just use an XBOX? Aside from someone perhaps simply having the PPC hardware laying around and not XBOX?
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I think a powerpc-linux power would be nice. The Dual Core G5 imacs would probably make a very decent xbmc machine.
NOW: AppleTV+CrystalHD PREVIOUS: HTPC and XBOX (both loudly running XBMC)
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If XBMC were ported to Linux-PPC it would work on the PS3 (from what I understand it can run powerpc-linux).
NOW: AppleTV+CrystalHD PREVIOUS: HTPC and XBOX (both loudly running XBMC)