[mythtv-users] Hardware Setup Suggestions

[Douglas Hayman]

> what will you be decoding? vdpau works for *most* common formats

The main use will be watching recorded  DVB-T (Australia) and playing
music from the back end. As I'm new to MythTV I'm not sure what other
things we'll want to use it for. But as I'm going for a minimalist and
silent system with high WAF I'm wary of specification creep.

>I have two ion systems in two bedrooms here that work decently fine, though
>things that require actual CPU speed like *MythMusic* and a large program guide,
>are noticeably slower than on my 4200+.

What is it in MythMusic that is demanding on the CPU? Is it decoding
the format (I am currently storing my music in FLAC)? I gather
MythMusic is a plugin for pre v0.25. I'm using v0.25.

By the way, I'm not sure of the etiquette but I realize I have added a
branch in Bobby's original closely related question - this is my first
post to any forum. I hope the issues are sufficiently closely related.