On Jan 21, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Chris Ribe wrote: > Jumping in on a tangent here, but I am running 32 bit FC4 > installation on an EM64T processor for a couple of reasons. First > of all, I couldn't my x86_64 install CDs to work. It took me > about 72 hours in front of the computer to get everything > installed. I believe the problems were due to bad memory (and a > incompatible power button header on the MB, and a lack of thermal > grease between processor and heatsink), but the install I finally > got to work was 32 bit.
You probably should have used 64-bit thermal grease. > > Anyhow, I now have my myth box up and running with an smp kernel on > a P4 630+. Jarod suggests in FC4 install guide that x86_64 is less > stable than 32bit, and I have not yet heard any potential benefits > of using x86_64 linux for a myth box. > > So then, might I see significantly faster transcode times were I > to switch to a 64 bit installation? The only transcoding I am > interested in is from DVD to mpeg4, if that somehow makes a > difference. Theoretically there should be a big improvement, but a lot of the apps have not been well optimized for 64-bit. They seem to think they're done when they get it to compile and run. I'm afraid that until the gamers pick up on 64-bit there won't be too much pressure to speed things up. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
