[mythtv-users] migrating to 64 bit ?

[James Linder]

On 13/03/2012, at 5:19 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

> Do I have any real advantage if I migrate my good old mythtv-0.24
> backend from 32bit to 64bit?

Actually maybe some disadvantage ...
64 handles large memory much better (over 1G is large memory, over 4G is significant)
*some* programs have better performance in 64 than in 32
in general it is not significant (32 or 64)
servers like ltsp do much better in 64 than 32
I guess stuff like video editing with lots of ram are better 64 than 32
*some* benchmarks show 64 slower than 32

Have fun, but be aware this is a tricky area with no clear answer
James