[mythtv-users] hulu / youtube cpu requirements

[jedi]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:55:55PM -0400, Chris Ribe wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:30 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, October 21, 2009 12:41 pm, Mark Small wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the data points, everybody.  It looks I should probably just
> > >> stick with something low power and wait for Adobe to provide a better
> > >> flash
> > >> implementation.
> > >
> > > Good luck with that,  we've  all been waiting a very long time for a
> > > decent
> > > Flash player from Adobe.
> >
> > This always comes to mind whenever I'm trying to play Flash video on Linux:
> > http://xkcd.com/619/

    Cute but absurd.

    People reviewing IONs with a focus on Windows complain about this crap.
It's not just a Linux thing. EVERYONE is complaining about it and EVERYONE 
is likely to adjust their usage patterns to accomodate Adobe's stupidity. 
It's not just about Linux users.

> >
> >
> For the record, I just got hulu desktop up and running under 64bit Ubuntu
> 9.04 on a Pentium E5200 (dual core 2.5Ghz) and nvidia GeForce 9400
> integrated graphics.  It works great at 1280x720 and the high quality
> setting.  I'm using the Adobe 64 bit alpha flash plugin and the latest
> Nvidia beta driver.
>        Interestingly, I was having severe stuttering issues at 1920x1080 on
> high quality, but top did not indicate that process was CPU bound.  It
> worked fine at the same settings and medium quality, though, so it may just
> have been a temporary network issue.