[mythtvnz] Minimum CPU for FreeviewHD

[Steven Ellis]

On 24/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:

> Thanks for all the help, everyone.
>
> Steven Ellis wrote:
>
>> I've got HD playback working on an Athlon X2 6000+ but it isn't  
>> reliable
>> with occasional issues on TV3. The biggest problem is finding a CPU
>> where you don't end up with your fan running at full speed
>
> So are you running pretty close to 100% on playback with nothing else?
>
> If I bought myself a Phenom triple-core, say:
> http://www.pricespy.co.nz/pno_12842.html
> would that handle it better?  Is the stream encoded in enough "slices"
> (or whatever) that an extra core would make a substantial difference?
>
> I don't think the fans in my machine change speed anyway (and are  
> quiet
> enough that it isn't too much of an issue).
>
> It would be nice to go for the 65 Watt TDP 6000+ rather than the 95  
> Watt
> TDP Phenom, but having a spare core as headroom would be a huge  
> bonus if
> I am pretty sure that I will be tying up 100% of two of them. There
> isn't a huge price difference between the 6000+ and the triple-core
> Phenom (although, for normal non-multimedia desktop use, I read a  
> review
> that said the 6000+ was better).
>
>

Sorry it isn't slice based.

You either need ffmpeg-mt or the fastest MHZ cpu you can get as all  
decoding is on a single core.

Or HW acceleration like VDPAU.


Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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