[mythtv-users] Looking ahead: system requirements for .22

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Wed Jan 14 22:01:09 UTC 2009


Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Mike Perkins
> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>> Maybe - but a lot of us are running on older or non-current hardware,
>> particularly backends. I would hope that the new system will function just as
>> well on existing "lighter weight" hardware.
>>
> 
> As previously mentioned, there is nothing inherent in MythUI that is
> more taxing than the old UI.  However, as it enables the themer to
> implement numerous new effects, layouts, and generally slather on eye
> candy, there is every possibility that as themes become more
> complicated, so too will memory and processor utilization increase.
> If you have a slim frontend, you can use a minimal theme in line with
> the existing themes.  If you have a more capable frontend, you can use
> one of the forthcoming themes that throw everything and the kitchen
> sink at you.  And if your system *is* too slow for a theme, it won't
> be MythUI's fault.
> 
I was referring to 0.22 - not just the MythUI changes.

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Mike Perkins



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