[mythtv-users] hulu / youtube cpu requirements

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/21/2009 01:08 PM, Andy Colson wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> My Athlon X2 6000+ (dual-core 3GHz) x86_64 system can not do 
>> full-screen playback of Hulu content.  Funny enough, it handles CBS's 
>> Flash-based playback in full-screen without issue.  So, Hulu's player 
>> is either less efficient or is doing a lot more (perhaps the 
>> bitrate/video size is greater on Hulu).
>>
> > rather
> > than supporting only nvidia cards run on systems with the nvidia
> > proprietary drivers.
>
>
> I have Athlon Dual-core 5050e (2.? GHz), with GeForce 7050 PV on the 
> motherboard.  I ran Hulu full screen and it looked good and smooth. 
> Guess I lucked out using nvidia.  I dont recall looking at the cpu 
> usage though.  So I can report it seems to work well with nvidia. 

I should mention, too, that my full-screen is 1920x1080 (which is 
important because of the lack of Xv).  For me, there's tearing and 
occasional glitches.

Mike