[mythtv-users] Compelling reasons to go 64bit?

[nik gibson]

Just to confirm, you are using your Athlon64 3200+ in 32bit to
playback HD?  I'm considering buying a similar CPU but I've already
gone through the headaches of 64bit and don't want to do it again :)

Thanks

On 11/28/06, Mark Chang <mark.chang at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/28/06, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm considering switching my myth box to x86_64 when I upgrade to FC6.
> >   Is there any compelling reason to do this yet?  It has a 3Ghz P4
> > which handles HD playback quite nicely with hyper threading turned on.
> >
> > I guess my question boils down to two parts: a) Is anybody
> > successfully doing HD playback in 64bit mode with a similar processor,
> > and b) Will any of the other processor intensive myth tasks, namely
> > commercial detection and transcoding, benifit from the switch?
>
> No performance benefits from 64bit code. Just added headaches ranging
> from some binary stuff not compiled for you ready-to-go up to code
> that doesn't compile at all with 64 bit. Plus, you get weridness in
> case you want to use your machine to do other things -- flash, wine,
> etc...
>
> That said I'm using my Athlon64 3200+ to playback HD content smoothly
> without XvMC.
>
> --
> Mark L. Chang
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