[mythtv-users] mythtv box not powerful enough?

[Travis Tabbal]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace.net.au>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been setting up an old laptop as a trial mythtv box (frontend and
> backend in one).  I thought these specs would do for HD DVB-T:
>      * 3GHz HT P4
>      * 1.2G RAM
>      * 80Gb 7200rpm PATA HD
>      * ATI radeon 9600 / M10 (RV350) supported by xf86-video-ati
>      * Artec USB tuner
>
> however it seems that it's fine for SD but HD is just a bit too much.
> The CPUs are close to 100% and I get a regular prebuffering pause when
> viewing HD.
>


Swap the video card for an NVidia 8xxx or better and use VDPAU for playback.
That should take enough of the load off that there is plenty left for
backend and menu rendering.
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