[mythtv-users] quick cpu spec questions

Randy Power Schnedler schnedlr at satx.rr.com
Mon Aug 11 20:47:34 EDT 2003


The HOWTO does mention it:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.4


On Monday 11 August 2003 06:44 pm, John Morris wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Paul Doe wrote:
> > Q:  If I get a PVR-250, would a duron 600 w/ 512mb ram be able to handle
> > the encoding/decoding while watching live tv?
>
> You have enough clock speed with a hardware encoder but cat out
> /proc/cpuinfo and see if that chip does sse.  My T-Bird 900 for example,
> doesn't.  Without sse you are probably boned since the Myth FAQ doesn't
> mention support for 3dNow!
>
> Just remoted to a Duron 650 at work and it also doesn't mention sse.



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