[mythtv-users] Has anyone tried upgrading an i386 to x64?

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Mar 10 04:27:26 UTC 2006


On 3/9/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 2006, at 8:44 PM, Jack Trout wrote:
> > I originally installed my main MythBackend/Frontend, on an x86
> > platform and successfully swapped motherboards and processors with
> > no problems and no changes to my system
> >
> > Original System
> > AMD XP2200+
> > 756 MB DDR266
> > Soltek 75DRV4 (VIA Chipset)
> > -Using onboard sound
> > GeforceMX440 AGP
> > 2xPVR250's
> > 3com Gigabit ethernet card
> >
> > Current System
> > AMD64-3200-754
> > 756 MB DDR33 (I am aware that my board and processor supports
> > DDR400, but its what I had)
> > Asus K8V SE Deluxe
> > -Using Onboard sound
> > GeforceMX440 AGP
> > 2xPVR250's
> > 3com Gigabit ethernet card(I disabled onboard ethernet for ease of
> > conversion)
> >
> > Every thing currently works and the onboard sound of the new board
> > is much better than the old one, the old board would put sound over
> > the speakers when hard drives were accessed, not too noticeable
> > with relatively slow transfers like watching tv, more apparent when
> > copying movies, or starting a stored DVDISO,
> >
> > Will I benifet from upgrading to FC4 x64? or should I just stick
> > with i386?
> > can I just download the x64 DVDISO, and run an upgrade?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> My understanding is that there is presently nothing to be gained in
> MythTV from going to 64 bits. I ran a 64-bit AMD Gentoo system for a
> while, and compiled MythTV from E-Builds, but had a lot of trouble,
> none of which do I believe is related to 64-bittedness (is that a
> word ??)
>
> AFAIK all of the MythTV "distros" (ie: releases which install a more
> or less complete MythTV system on your machine) are 32-bit, even if
> you install them on 64-bit hardware.
>
> Your AMD processor should do a good job (I'm using a 3700+ clawhammer
> core) but running in 32-bit will not hurt you at all. You would be
> better off upgrading your storage if you want to improve your Myth
> system (although you don't mention what storage you have, it can
> always be improved :-))

yea, you won't gain anything going 64, and from my experience, I can't
get xvmc working in 64bit on either of my machines.

--
Steve


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