[mythtv-users] Is my computer powerfull enough for HD content?

Tue May 13 16:52:01 UTC 2008

dcw wrote:
> I am new to Mythtv as of April 17. Almost everything is working but there are 
> a few things that need improving. Before I go any further, I wanted to 
> identify any hardware that was not adequate. My setup is:
>
> motherboard       : Asus M2A-VM (contains amd 690 chipset, ati X1250 graphics)
>                               Using the latest ATI driver
> CPU                     : AMD A64 x2 4200
> Memory              : 1 Gig DDR2
> Remote Control  : Microsoft Media Center (R6)
> Hard Drive          : 80Gig Ide for operating system
> Hard Drive          : 500 Gig Sata for video storage
> video cable         : VGA
> Mythtv                 : version .21 from ATRPMS (mythtv-suite)
> Operating System: Fedora 8 i386 arch with updates as of May 01
>
>   
It should be able to, X2 3800+ and 4200+ are mentioned on the HD test 
page http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/HD_Playback_Reports

Best bet would be to go here http://x264.nl/h.264.samples/ download a 
few and see if they'll playback.  h264 requiring more grunt than 
mpeg2... if it can do these it can do mpeg2 based HD.

If it can't... start tweaking :)