[mythtv-users] How well does MythTV use threads?

David Campbell dave at cpfc.org
Mon Apr 16 19:39:12 UTC 2007


Janne Grunau wrote:
> On Monday 16 April 2007 18:28:55 David Campbell wrote:
>> Gene Stapp wrote
>>> faster single processor for a frontend . Multi-threading currently
>>> only really makes a difference in the backend when other processes
>>> are running.
>> Not convinced by that.  Try decoding H246 on a single core front end
>> :(
> 
> That doesn't make a big difference. The main decoding work is done in a 
> single thread.

And what is the rest of your OS doing when when the single core is 
chewing through decoding that?

Not much

Dave


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