<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Robert McNamara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert.mcnamara@gmail.com">robert.mcnamara@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Mark Small <<a href="mailto:msmall@eastlink.ca">msmall@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > With 0.23 I'm getting much higher CPU usage when recording (avg 30-40%<br>
>> > on my P3 900Mhz, previously about 10-20% on 0.21).<br>
>> > This means I can't do "chase play" which I used to be able to do.<br>
>><br>
>> so, you said that your 2000/2001-vintage hardware is having problems<br>
>> running modern MythTV. Therefore, don't run modern MythTV (or upgrade<br>
>> your hardware).<br>
>><br>
>> Some of us don't like the idea of constraining modern MythTV to only the<br>
>> basic tasks that can be accomplished with 10-yr old hardware.<br>
>><br>
>> Some of us want MythTV to do more than it did in 0.21.<br>
>><br>
>> Some of us want progress.<br>
>><br>
>> Those of you who want your grandfather's MythTV--unhampered by<br>
>> progress--can get exactly that by running your grandfather's version of<br>
>> MythTV.<br>
>><br>
>> Mike<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Some of us also want to run mythtv on new low power boxes that are coming out<br>
> these days. My own MBE is an ARM based NAS with only 512 MB of RAM. If myth<br>
> could be tuned to run better on old machines, it would also run better on new<br>
> boxes that only draw a small amount of power.<br>
><br>
> Mark<br>
<br>
</div>The original reporter's hardware was manufactured before the first<br>
public release of MythTV. My tongue in cheek answer was meant to<br>
explain that given my informal knowledge of myself and the rest of the<br>
devs, function and features trump making Myth work with decade-old<br>
hardware or plug systems. I just don't see any point in the future<br>
where making Myth run acceptably on a sheevaplug, or a P3/900 is even<br>
remotely a priority.<br>
<br>
In fact, there was a discussion today about increasing our formal<br>
hardware requirements considerably to prevent hamstringing ourselfs<br>
with some of the UI and features we have planned. Myth's hardware<br>
requirements are likely to increase in a non-trivial way going<br>
forward.<br>
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Robert<br>
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