[mythtv-users] Compiler Flag has huge speed Improvements

[Tobias Luetke]

Dwaine Garden wrote:
> I have tested out the compiler flags for the pentium3 with gcc 3.0+.   
> The choppy video playing has disappeared after
> the compile.   So I went back to the settings.pro file and set the 
> compiler flag back to pentiumpro.   Again, the video playback and audio 
> choppiness was back.  Went back with the pentium3 setting.   Smooth 
> video and audio!
> 
> I can not believe the HUGE difference in speed!     Grab the CVS and 
> recompile it yourself, it would be interesting to see if other people 
> had the same luck as me.
> 
> I just wanted to share my experience with everyone.    My machine is 
> Pentium III 667mhz with 512megs of ram without a PVR-350 8*)

If this works good for you give Gentoo a try. using gentoo you will have 
a system where every single thing on your machine is compiler optimized 
to your hardware.