[mythtv-users] 1080i/p CPU?

Jake Palmer jakep_82 at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 4 15:59:29 UTC 2007


>From: "Al Banks" <ahbanks at gmail.com>
>
>I'm asking because I'm about to buy the hardware for a new system, and
>would like to poll some real-world experience.
>
>Other posts have mentioned "get the fastest CPU" when talking about HD
>playback, but what are some reasonable expectations?  Would an Opteron
>2212 (dual-core, 2Ghz) provide good-quality HD playback?
>
>On the note of dual-core / mulit-processor systems, is transcoding
>multithreaded?
>
>Thanks!
>-Al

My Athlon 64 3200+ does fine playing back 1080i with Bob deinterlacing.  I 
have ~35% idle, but I should note that I'm scaling to 720p.  I don't have 
any 1080p content so I can't comment on that.

Jake

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