[mythtv-users] any real performance advantage with 64bit OS?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:

> Subject says it all. I was wondering if it's *really* worth the effort
> to install a 64 bit OS to gain some performance (lower CPU usage, more
> stuff that the box can do).
>
> System will record/play digital MPEG2 TV, both SD and HD, with an HDHR
> tuner, to a plasma TV (probably HDMI).
>
> If the gain is around 2% or so I'd rather install 32 bit (a known
> quantity) and avoid any surprises. I don't plan to use weird codecs,
> perhaps not even Flash, but if I do, those are know to work well on  
> 32bit.

I started with 64-bit and went back to 32 because of issues with  
codecs. They're probably fine either way now, but I just stuck with 32- 
bit and haven't run into any real problems this way.