[PLUG] HDhomerun and P4s...

[Matt McKenzie]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Michael Robinson <plug_1 at robinson-west.com
> 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.
>
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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.




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Matt M.
LinuxKnight