On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Michael Robinson <[email protected] > wrote:
> Has anyone on here successfully streamed from a Silicondust HDhomerun > network based tuner to a Pentium 4 system? I'm wondering if upgrading > from a 512 meg 2.4 Ghz P4 to a 512 meg 3.06 Ghz P4 will make a big > difference or if I'm going to need a multi core machine? I got the > network tuner thinking more than one computer on my network could be > used to stream television only to realize, to my shock, that none of > the computers on my network in all likelihood are fast enough. > > I realize that Pentium 4s are old these days, but I'm tight on money > where the point of buying a network tuner instead of a television is > to save both space and money. > > If I have to get a dual core or quad core computer, I'll stop trying > to get a 3.06 Ghz P4. Honestly, I don't get why I can't buy a hardware > card to do the mpeg translation so that I don't have to have a faster P4 > or a quad core system. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > First, a RAM upgrade from 512MB to 1GB or more would more than likely be of more benefit than a slight CPU upgrade within the same CPU class (as in staying with P4 instead of upgrading to newer generation). Second, you don't mention what kind of video hardware you have, a beefier GPU may help. ---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
