[mythtv] x86_64 support, Semprons, and HD playback

[Jesse Keating]

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 11:08 -0700, Chris White wrote:
>  From my own experience with CVS (built from around May 1), I've gone 
> from not being able to run 1080i with kernel deinterlacing (stock
> 0.17), 
> to having it be somewhat comfortable (occasionally glitch when
> another 
> program starts recording, etc.). Also, I'm using libmpeg2 for
> decoding. 
> I'm running at around 90% CPU utilization with that. This is on a 
> bartoon athlon xp 2800 with a 333 fsb. My previous sempron 2400+ 
> couldn't keep up with 1080i even without deinterlacing. Now this
> might 
> be due to recompiling on my system with the proper optimzations,
> rather 
> than out of the box knoppmyth 0.17. So I guess what I'm saying is that
> a 
>   Sempron 3100+ or somesuch may very well be enough to deal with
> it....

Interesting.  libmpeg2 for decoding, is that something that is not
default?  Where could I try flipping this bit to test?

The price difference between a 3100+ Sempron and a 2800+ Athlon64 is
like $4.  I'd think more cache for a slightly lower clock speed would be
a better choice in this instance.

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