[mythtv-users] CPU usage during Playback of content from HD-PVR

Wed Aug 13 16:02:08 UTC 2008

Hi

2008/8/14 Robert McNamara <iamlindoro at aol.com>:
> To give some anecdotal evidence, the people who are able to more or less
> play back the HD-PVR stuff without modification are doing so with Core 2
> Duos at 3.0 Ghz or higher.  Even then, it can be dicey.  The C2Ds are faster

I'm yet to see a H264 encoded 1080p file that my C2D running @ 2.5GHz
couldn't perfectly play.

Even my mac mini  with a C2D @ 1.83GHz manages to display all of them
properly (using xine ; it struggles with mplayer or vlc)