[mythtv-users] hulu / youtube cpu requirements
jedi
jedi at mishnet.org
Thu Oct 22 03:01:49 UTC 2009
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:55:55PM -0400, Chris Ribe wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:30 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, October 21, 2009 12:41 pm, Mark Small wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the data points, everybody. It looks I should probably just
> > >> stick with something low power and wait for Adobe to provide a better
> > >> flash
> > >> implementation.
> > >
> > > Good luck with that, we've all been waiting a very long time for a
> > > decent
> > > Flash player from Adobe.
> >
> > This always comes to mind whenever I'm trying to play Flash video on Linux:
> > http://xkcd.com/619/
Cute but absurd.
People reviewing IONs with a focus on Windows complain about this crap.
It's not just a Linux thing. EVERYONE is complaining about it and EVERYONE
is likely to adjust their usage patterns to accomodate Adobe's stupidity.
It's not just about Linux users.
> >
> >
> For the record, I just got hulu desktop up and running under 64bit Ubuntu
> 9.04 on a Pentium E5200 (dual core 2.5Ghz) and nvidia GeForce 9400
> integrated graphics. It works great at 1280x720 and the high quality
> setting. I'm using the Adobe 64 bit alpha flash plugin and the latest
> Nvidia beta driver.
> Interestingly, I was having severe stuttering issues at 1920x1080 on
> high quality, but top did not indicate that process was CPU bound. It
> worked fine at the same settings and medium quality, though, so it may just
> have been a temporary network issue.
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