Pascal- > So the question is : > Is there any interest other than the technical perf to use a x64 version > of Linux for freevo? For most home systems right now, it is mainly a matter of technical preference. I run serveral 32 and 64 bit rigs, same hardware and software load outs, and really see very little difference in performance for about 90% of what they get used for. The remaining 10% is all heavy duty simulation code using 64bit versions of apps. > Can I hope better perfs, smoother system, or what else ? As freevo and most of the multimedia software is either optomized for 32 bit or only available in 32 bit (win32 codecs), you really end of with little or no gain in most cases with the 64bit setup. This also true of most desktop setups. 64bit only really come in to its own in compute heavy loads with softare made to take advantage of it.
You have mention you are going with a dual core. That should give you a nice response improvement over all. > On contrary, are there still a lot of software not compatible with a x64 > version ? Mplayer, I know has had some issues with with 64bit. Mostly these have been do to needing to work with 32 bit codec. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
