[mythtv-users] mythtv on the ps3
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Fri Jan 12 19:08:03 UTC 2007
On Jan 12, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Jeff volckaert wrote:
>> I really haven't had a lot of problems with this so far; the thing
>> I'm
>> working on now is the DirectFB / QT Embedded option, the wiki has a
>> howto for myth-0.19 running on x86, I'm keeping notes on getting
>> myth-0.20-fixes working on the PS3, I'll post a link when I get it
>> working.
>>
>> cheers
>> Jeff
>
> Could you also post on the performance of the PS3 as a linux computer?
> How many cores show up? How fast does it compile stuff? With up to
> eight 3.2Ghz cores that thing should rock like a mini-mainframe. You
> should be able to do eight transcodes at a time.
For info on Linux on the PS3 go to:
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
They are the folks who developed the Linux distro for the machine.
There has been a *lot* of discussion about these topics on their lists.
There are some serious limitations, like no access to the accelerated
video and a non-upgradable 256MB of RAM, but as you say as a pure CPU
box it should ROCK.
I just ordered a machine from them with Linux pre-installed, but
delivery will be a while :-(
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