[mythtv-users] mythtv box not powerful enough?
William
william_munson at comcast.net
Mon Jan 18 03:01:14 UTC 2010
Travis Tabbal wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace.net.au
> <mailto:iaindb at netspace.net.au>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been setting up an old laptop as a trial mythtv box (frontend and
> backend in one). I thought these specs would do for HD DVB-T:
> * 3GHz HT P4
> * 1.2G RAM
> * 80Gb 7200rpm PATA HD
> * ATI radeon 9600 / M10 (RV350) supported by xf86-video-ati
> * Artec USB tuner
>
> however it seems that it's fine for SD but HD is just a bit too much.
> The CPUs are close to 100% and I get a regular prebuffering pause when
> viewing HD.
>
>
>
> Swap the video card for an NVidia 8xxx or better and use VDPAU for
> playback. That should take enough of the load off that there is plenty
> left for backend and menu rendering.
I would suggest checking the gpu on your card choice before purchase.
IIRC it takes a minimum of a 8400 to do anything and a better processor
to do some of the advanced de-interlacers.
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