[mythtv-users] restricting mythpreviewgen?

faginbagin mythtv at hbuus.com
Thu Jan 24 18:05:42 UTC 2013


On 1/23/2013 2:21 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 1/23/2013 14:09, faginbagin wrote:
>> On 1/22/2013 4:11 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>> On 1/22/2013 15:08, Alex Williamson wrote:
>>>> It is. Have you tried to build a 25W idle Core system? I built
>>>> my desktop on an i3 2120T (35W - they get really pricey if you
>>>> want lower), small SSD, bunch of RAM, onboard graphics, 1 extra
>>>> NIC, 80-plus P/S. It runs something like 40W idle, and it cost
>>>> several hundred in parts.
>>> 
>>> Something doesn't seem right there. I've got a frontend running
>>> on a Pentium G2120 (Ivy Bridge, 3.1GHz, 55W), which is just a
>>> standard chip, not a specially binned low power unit. 4GB of
>>> memory, onboard graphics, no disk or spare NIC but those should
>>> only run a couple watts each, and I idle at 25W measured at the
>>> wall. Total cost was only around $250. That's on a non-80Plus
>>> power supply for which the lowest measured efficiency I was able
>>> to find had it rapidly dropping below 65% at 45W system
>>> consumption (70W at wall). Rough guess says those components are
>>> running maybe 10W idle, with the rest being eaten up by the power
>>> supply.
>> 
>> So Ivy Bridge IGP does work? What kernel and Xorg versions are you 
>> using? I just built a new system with a i3-3220 and B75 chipset. I 
>> threw in a GT520, assuming IvyBridge IGP wasn't quite ready for
>> prime time. The system is pulling about 50W at idle with a ITB
>> drive, but maybe I should pull the GT520 out and install something
>> more bleeding edge than ubuntu 12.04, kernel 3.2.0 and whatever
>> Xorg that comes with?
> 
> Tue May 8 02:19:45 2012 >>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r2 Sat Nov 24
> 23:29:52 2012 >>> sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.6.7 Sun Nov 25
> 00:32:14 2012 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.0-r1 Sat Dec 15 18:08:46
> 2012 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.20.13
> 
> This is with an older H67 board instead of a proper 7-series, but I
> doubt that makes any real difference.

Many thanks. They look like gentoo versions which I think I can translate to ubuntu versions.
A couple more questions:

What version of MythTV are you using?

What playback profile and painter are you using?

Thanks,
Helen


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