[mythtv-users] 128 mb Fx5200 V 256 Mb XFS 6200

David Campbell dave at cpfc.org
Thu Mar 22 15:53:36 UTC 2007


Brian Wood wrote:
> On Mar 22, 2007, at 9:11 AM, David Campbell wrote:
> 
>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>> On Mar 22, 2007, at 8:31 AM, David Campbell wrote:
>>>
>>>> I guess I need to read some more why an XP3000+ combined with an
>>>> MX4000
>>>> doesn't cut it with BBC HD
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has any pointers I'd be grateful
>>> I think you are very close to the edge with that setup. XvMC will not
>>> help you with H264, which is what I think the BBC is testing for  HD.
>> Thanks - I feared as much.  Time to shell out for some dual core  
>> goodness.
> 
> That's certainly the easiest solution.

Also expensive.
> 
> If you compiled Myth yourself you might try some different compiler  
> optimizations. I was playing with an old VIA Samuel CPU and  
> discovered that if I used the "s" optimization (optimize for size) it  
> helped by making better use of the tiny cache on that chip, but that  
> was for SD stuff.

Alas I am now a fully fledged apt slave.  If it isn't bin an apt 
repository now  it doesn't go on my home machines. I spend 8 hours a day 
hacking around - don't need it at home.
> 
> Also, check to see if you're swapping and if so consider more RAM.

Plenty of ram free.

many thanks for the responses

Dave


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