[mythtv-users] Transcoding hardware recommendations

[Yan Seiner]

On 01/20/2014 09:54 AM, jedi wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 09:16:41AM -0800, Yan Seiner wrote:
>> I think I need to build a backend for transcoding.  My two file
>> servers are rock reliable, solid, but slow....
>>
>> model name    : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
>> cpu MHz        : 1000.000
>> bogomips    : 2009.09
>>
>> It took almost 11 hours to transcode 1 hour of HD video into h264
>> format for my roku.
>>
>> If I was to build a backend for transcoding (fast hardware, small
>> SSD, fast NIC) what is the recommended hardware these days?
>      Anything in the current generation of CPU with multiple cores
> and a clock rate of at least 2.5Ghz should be fine. Intel gear
> seems to be better at power management and heat/noise control than
> the AMD stuff.
>
>      Something like the base model Zareason Mediabox would be sufficient.

So if I go with something with this CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115234

and a machine with 8 or 16GB of DDR3-1600 RAM I should be OK with h.264 
transcoding in near-real time?

I've been out of touch with new hardware for a while - one of the 
problems of having rock-reliable servers is that you don't get to 
upgrade much.  Also, I've taken a side tour through the embedded world 
for the last 4 years, working with Arduinos and OpenWRT and such, so I 
honestly have no idea of the capabilities of current hardware.