[mythtv-users] hulu / youtube cpu requirements

[Andy Colson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
> My Athlon X2 6000+ (dual-core 3GHz) x86_64 system can not do full-screen 
> playback of Hulu content.  Funny enough, it handles CBS's Flash-based 
> playback in full-screen without issue.  So, Hulu's player is either less 
> efficient or is doing a lot more (perhaps the bitrate/video size is 
> greater on Hulu).
> 
 > rather
 > than supporting only nvidia cards run on systems with the nvidia
 > proprietary drivers.


I have Athlon Dual-core 5050e (2.? GHz), with GeForce 7050 PV on the 
motherboard.  I ran Hulu full screen and it looked good and smooth. 
Guess I lucked out using nvidia.  I dont recall looking at the cpu usage 
though.  So I can report it seems to work well with nvidia.

-Andy