[mythtv-users] Athlon xp 2000+ enough for HD backend server?

[Willy Boyd]

That requirement would be for the frontend not the backend (assuming
separate machines, as he described).  It takes a lot of CPU to decode
(read: play) the HD stream, but not to "record" it or if I'm not
mistaken even to stream the data.

On 10/19/06, Mache Creeger <mache at creeger.com> wrote:
>
>  I use an Athlon 2200+ XP for my SD frontend/backend system and it runs
> great.  Given that the HD tuners to not have hardware MPEG encode, while I
> cannot say for sure, I would think that your sub 2Ghz processor would not
> have enough horsepower to keep up with the HD stream.  Given what I have
> read, I think you will need a processor that runs at 3Ghz or above.
>
>  -- Mache Creeger
>