<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 May 2013 22:36, Craig Treleaven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ctreleaven@cogeco.ca" target="_blank">ctreleaven@cogeco.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I know, I know: you can't be too rich or too thin or have too much CPU, but...<br>
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So my master backend/frontend machine is a 4 year old 1.83 Core 2 Duo. It does OK but I'm really interested in http live streaming and it clearly won't keep up with that. I could see serving up to 3 HLS clients in our house between iDevices and wireless laptops. I'd like to buy something that will last another 4-6 years.<br>
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Key loads on the machine:<br>
-master backend recording and commflagging 1080i/720p MPEG2 streams.<br>
-frontend<br>
-MythWeb server<br>
-HLS transcoding and serving (likely MythExpress)<br>
-household fileserver (backups and shared pictures, etc)<br>
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The box could be commflagging two recordings, displaying another program and transcoding up to three streams...and I'm sure mythfilldatabase would kick off at the same time!<br>
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So, how much CPU would all that need? Could a Core i5 Dual keep up? Core i7 Quad?<br>
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I'd like to keep all these functions on one box because I don't have a good spot to locate another box. Also, I think one beefy box is likely to cost less than two separate machines and chew up less electricity.<br>
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Appreciate any experience that others can offer.<br>
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Craig<br>
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<br></blockquote><div>For HLS streaming you'll want asmany cores are you can get I've got a i5-2400 Quad and on the default 2 core limit it was't enough to keep up with a single stream (only just) enabling 4 core decoding makes it works well<br>
<br>Mythexpress I haven't heard of that anyone have screamshots? I'm currently running mobilemyth which runs well and have torc also but this fails back to audio stream too readily compared to mobilemyth<br><br>Cheers,<br>
<br>Anthony<br></div></div><br>