From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QeXGl-0004XA-Rz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:56:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6C4A21C08F; Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B5F121C08F for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so80309ewy.40 for ; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:54:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=YPc1ZqjCH1/wlT0deu7g6WyOtXO3sflY+hPjou/UAoY=; b=p2zUFTiT+ClDa3Hwa2hPI7ZbKJGeW8LWUgqBc8yWxuD8vKdL5NMAojLQcLDgoT+tCi Zlrs2HJ0T06njti2BgGJljeSnqx2yPZh2tkIh2gWB7gjn8KbFqblBuCJoOTTpOjvaL7n MSioMJst2DtYscbUiTpZDAL2toIzPv1jqDG+0= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.15.209 with SMTP id f57mr2503597eef.118.1309978470453; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:54:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.97.68 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:54:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E13184A.5030601@orlitzky.com> References: <4E100985.5090604@coolmail.se> <4E1212AF.9090908@coolmail.se> <4E12959C.5080709@coolmail.se> <4E13184A.5030601@orlitzky.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:54:29 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s) From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c2c0da6e509fa57ffb6d2a2396b62165 >> Yes, since a htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu (or a powerful gpu) > > My learned-this-the-hard-way advice: while this is generally true, if > you ever come across a 720 or 1080p video that doesn't use a > hardware-accelerated codec, you would rather the HTPC not sound like > it's about to launch itself into orbit doing software decoding. Completely true. I switched from nvidia-drivers to nouveau and now I rely on ffmpeg threads to decode 1080p. It works great most of the time. There are some videos that won't decode via threads, they return some sort of "cannot parallelize" error. I went with this Phenom II X4 3.7Ghz hog: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103934 I wonder if I'll be able to decode 1080p in software on a single core now without losing A/V sync. I kinda doubt it. I've been on an Athlon X2 3.1Ghz. > And if you're going to keep it in a cabinet, you would probably also > rather said cabinet not catch fire (I had to cut holes in the back and > mount fans). I'm discovering that fans which are said to be very quiet actually are. I'm going to increase my case fans from 0 to 2 along with this aftermarket CPU cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016 Thanks a lot for everyone's help. - Grant