[MPlayer-dev-eng] DMA or not DMA

[Amaury Jacquot]

Arpi wrote:

> a dual opteron will
> - cost lots of money

possibly...

> - will have heating problems (when running 24/7 for weeks in a small closed
> room or box)

last I checked, the intel were the ones heating up like crazy due to 
their ever increasing operating frequency

> even the 3ghz p4 is over our target, i hoped that an 1ghz p3 or 2ghz p4
> will eb far enough, knowing that 250mgh p2 could decode and display one
> such stream with a g400 with no problem.

ah, well, you could use via epias if you really want cheap and low 
power, with one stream per box...