[mythtv-users] Good Video/Codec Setting

[Edward Wildgoose]

The two obvious things to check are:

a) xv overlay is working on X.  Check CPU usage in xawtv I think should help
check?
b) check number of buffers when loading bt driver (module option)




> With the identical settings I get dropped frames on my P4 1.5Ghz box at
> 480x480.  It looks great if I use 352x480, but still uses about 65% CPU.
>  I have:
>
> P4/1.5Ghz
> 1G RAM
> DMA set on hard drives
> WinTV Go
>  Nvidia Geforce 4 440MX
> Myth CVS as of yesterday afternoon (same issue with stable release)
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>