[mythtv-users] Myth HD - requirements?

Mark Lehrer mark at knm.org
Tue Jul 18 22:31:50 UTC 2006


On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 02:11:15PM -0700, Brad Templeton wrote:
> > I tried a lot of different combinations - the least powerful one that
> > worked without ever dropping frames was an AMD x2 3800.
> 
> I've seen reports with newer codecs all the way down to athlon 2600s I
> think.   However, I personally use a P4-3hgz.  It's more than enough, but
> not that much more than enough.

My P4 3.2 GHz is not quite enough.  I have a Dell at work that is
3 ghz and seems to do OK.  x2 3800 has a lot of spare cpu left.

Mark



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