the formal myth tv install (how to) manual has a pretty good section on choosing cpu power, various tasks, resolution etc.
if you buy the right video capture and display cards, most of the encode and decode processing can be done on those cards leaving the central processor to just handle the file i/o and os duties. If you want these done in software then you might be forced to stick with the lower hd resolutions. The celeron will be pushed a bit for hd in software. Best to try it out before you drop the big bucks on a processor you may not even need. On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 14:21 -0700, Reza Naima wrote: > i'm building a system and want to use it as a frontend to play back > (eventually) hdtv content. I ordered a 533 celeronD 2.6 as a first pass > -- will that be fast enough, or do i need to go pentium4? > > thnx, > reza > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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