[mythtv-users] 32 or 64 Bit

[Greg Oliver]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> On 27 February 2010 03:43, Donald J. Organ IV <dorgan at donaldorgan.com>
>> wrote:
>> > What is everyones opinion I am going to start building my new FE/BE
>> > system
>> > next week, and I noticed that the mythbuntu distro comes in 32 and 64
>> > bit
>> > arch.  What would everyone recommend?
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>> It depends on what you are intending to do...
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>> If you sometimes play files using codec available on windows only, you
>> will need a 32 bits install if you want to play them with mythtv.
>>
>> There are some issues with playing Flash videos on 64 bits machines
>> but there are workarounds.
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> isnt' that what the w64 package is for?

That package is still missing a handful of microsoft codecs..  only
the w32 package can play certain wmv files, etc...