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I've been running XBMC with VDPAU on a 2009 mac mini (using gentoo) for about a week. Had to do a workaround for the audio by adding the snd-hda-intel option model=imac24.
Rebooting still does not work as of kernel 2.6.29-r2. Not sure what the problem is at the moment. I've heard some people had success with adding reboot=acpi to the command line, but I haven't tried it.
Outside of that everything works.
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2009-05-09, 01:40
(This post was last modified: 2009-05-09, 01:43 by Smart79.)
I have finally received my MacMini 3.1 (2 Ghz) last week and Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit is running smoothly.
-Reboot does not work at the moment. But I am sure this can be done.
-Audio worked out off the box for me.
-Installed "lirc" and the Apple remote worked! --> adjustments to Lircmap.xml --> not satisfied yet but it works.
Now I just learned that I should have used the 32 bit version of Ubuntu as XBMC would be far more "stable" there. I will upgrade (or downgrade) in a couple of day.
720p content seems to play fine bot only with the latest beta Nvidia drivers. I have 1 Gig of RAM (shared graphic memory: only about 170 MB) which is NOT enough for smooth viewing of all HD content. Definitely NOT for 1080i content (I tried Killersample and Artbeats --> do NOT work). I will put in 4 GB of RAM next week and will then report back. Then I will tell you more on dropped frames etc. as of now with 64 bit Ubbuntu the "o" button crashes XBMC :-(
It's great to hear that there are more MACMinis with Ubuntu and XBMC out there. I would appreciate the INFO exchange!
My specs:
- XBMC 9.04 r19954 installed via PPA "http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc-svn/ppa/ubuntu"
- Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty 64 bit
- Mac Mini 3.1 (2009 Model)
- 1 GB RAM (will upgrade to 4 GB next week), GeForce 9400 (Linux says 512 MB RAM)
- NVidia Beta 185.18.08 Driver
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Smart79 : How did you install ubuntu on your new MacMini? I have the exact same model as you.
/Rasmus
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Jake77
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I have also quickly tested xbmc 9.04 final on a 2009 model macmini. My mini has 2gb of memory and is running the 64bit version of ubuntu 9.04. nvidia control panel in ubuntu shows that gfx card memory is 512mb, but when checking the total physical memory, it's a little above 1,7gb, which would refer that there would actually be 256mb of memory reserved to the nvidia gpu. I tried VDPAU playback with some clips. A 720p mkv file plays nicely with vpdau. I also tried a music video encoded in 1080p and it played smoothly too (around 10% total cpu load). But when I tested the killa sample, cpu load was still low, but a lot of frames were dropped. killa sample was on local disk, so usb/network could not have caused the dropped frames.
I am using the default nvidia drivers (180.44 I think) that come with the restricted drivers tool in ubuntu, ie not the latest betas.
Smart79, could you check how much memory is visible in ubuntu, are you seeing 3,5gb? If so, then I think it's quite safe to say that the nvidia gpu really gets the 512mb..
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sion28
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What about just clearing out the Macmini and installing XBMC Live? Would that work?
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Smart79
Can you post a step by step guide for your mac mini setup. I would like to try the VDPAU and am a little over whelmed with command line mods but can follow instructions.