[mythtv-users] Celeron processors with MythTV

[Michael Peay]

You probably have some other performance issue. I just built a pundit 
with a 2.4GHz Celeron. When recording 480x480 MPEG4 with increased 
quality settings from default AND playback of pre-recorded show I have 
55-60% idle. I also have to BT tuners and can record both without 
noticed (yet) drops. I haven't tried playing a show while recording 
two, but should be able to since playback only takes 3-5% CPU.

   --Mike

On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 08:59 PM, Joe Byrne wrote:

> I have a Celeron 2.4GHz.  I'm not entirely happy with it.  For live TV 
> from
> a Winfast 2000 encoded w/ MPEG-4, I dialed the resolution to either 
> 240x480
> or 320x480. Average CPU utilization (eyeballing the output of top) 
> wasn't
> too bad at 480x480, but there was the occasional glitch.  Lower res has
> helped a fair bit.  I'd like to have a P4/2.4  to compare against.  W/
> double the cache and 1/3 more FSB and memory i/o, it should be better.
>
> I'm running on RH9 w/ the RH9 packages.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
> To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:59 AM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Celeron processors with MythTV
>
>
>> I'm building a mythtv box with the following tuner cards:
>>
>> ATI TV-wonder Stereo (no hardware encoding/decoding)
>> Hauppauge PVR-250 (hardware encoding/decoding)
>>
>> Would a Celeron 2.0 Ghz provide enough muscle to run these tuners, and
>> still leave a bit left over for other functions (i.e., surfing the 
>> web,
>> etc.)?  Are there any caveats to going with the Celeron line? (i.e., 
>> run
>> hotter, etc)
>>
>> Also, if I did indeed go with the Celeron 2.0 ghz, would 256 mb of 
>> memory
>> suffice, or would I need to go higher?
>>
>> Thanks for the help guys!  I'm almost there.... ;-)
>>
>> John