[mythtv-users] hulu / youtube cpu requirements

[Andrew Herron]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:43 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:41:46AM -0400, Chris Ribe wrote:
> > After a year of frustration with my Dish DVR, I am plotting a return to
> > MythTV.  I am in the process of speccing out a front end, and I am
> wondering
> > how much processor I need to handle hulu desktop and youtube HD.   It has
>
>    Flash is 100% software decoding. So you will need to throw a fast single
> core at it. An Atom is not going to be up to the task. Otherwise
> respectable
> current desktop systems might not even be good enough. Nevermind an Atom.
>
>   This is probably why Adobe has announced that they will be adding HW
> acceleration to Flash.
>
> > widely reported that an Atom system will not be up to the task, but will
> a
> > Celeron 430 (1.8Ghz, I have one of these sitting around) be up to the
> task?
> > If not, what processor should I go with, given that I already have
> > processorless LGA 775 and LGA 1366 ready to be put to the task?
> >
> > --
> > Chris Rib
>

Flash 10.1 will support nVidia vdpau API and is due for release in Nov I
believe...an Atom/Ion FE then should be perfect.
Andrew
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