[mythtv-users] CPU usage for live TV? (Asus Pundit)

Calvin Harrigan calvinharrigan at earthlink.net
Fri Jul 4 15:33:00 EDT 2003


On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 13:52, Anduin Withers wrote:
> > What are you folks seeing for CPU usage on your machines?
> 
> Base system:
> 
> PIII 866
> 
> With both PVR 250s recording the backend takes about 2% with spikes up to
> 5%.
> 
> Playback usage... depends on the quality of the recording. At 8000000 VBR I
> see almost 40% CPU usage by mythfrontend. At 4000000 VBR I see about 23%.
> 
> > I know the onboard SiS graphics isn't a powerhouse, but is it possible
> that
> > it is the cause for my high CPU usage?
> 
> I could have sworn there was something about this not too long ago on this
> list. I'm using a cheap nVidia 400MX card with nVidia drivers and X CPU
> usage during playback (800x600 to TV) is minimal (< 1%) so yes your usage
> seems high but it looks like X is the oddball not myth.
> 
> --
> Anduin Withers
> 
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To the original poster, I know that this might seem obvious, but are you
using accelerated xv drivers for your video card?  What video card is it?



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