[mythtv-users] hulu / youtube cpu requirements

[Andy Colson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/21/2009 01:08 PM, Andy Colson wrote:
>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> My Athlon X2 6000+ (dual-core 3GHz) x86_64 system can not do 
>>> full-screen playback of Hulu content.  Funny enough, it handles CBS's 
>>> Flash-based playback in full-screen without issue.  So, Hulu's player 
>>> is either less efficient or is doing a lot more (perhaps the 
>>> bitrate/video size is greater on Hulu).
>>>
>> > rather
>> > than supporting only nvidia cards run on systems with the nvidia
>> > proprietary drivers.
>>
>>
>> I have Athlon Dual-core 5050e (2.? GHz), with GeForce 7050 PV on the 
>> motherboard.  I ran Hulu full screen and it looked good and smooth. 
>> Guess I lucked out using nvidia.  I dont recall looking at the cpu 
>> usage though.  So I can report it seems to work well with nvidia. 
> 
> I should mention, too, that my full-screen is 1920x1080 (which is 
> important because of the lack of Xv).  For me, there's tearing and 
> occasional glitches.
> 
> Mike

Oh yeah, that's different too.  I'm running 1360x768