[mythtv-users] Memory Consumption

[Marc De Leenheer]

Ken Thompson said:
>
> Ok, it seems as though I have been able to isolate some memory
> problems. Somewhere in the documentation, mythtv or ivtv said it needs
> atleast 256 MB of RAM.  This is a BARE minimum I found out the hard
> way.  Just running mandrake 9.1 with KDE + the mythfilldatabase I am
> burning a whopping 218MB of ram + 14-35% processor time.  With my
> onboard video enabled (64 MB of shared memory. yuck) I get random
> pauses during live TV playback.  Its obvious 512 or > is required to
> run this program correctly.  Btw, I've got a duron 800 (utter crap, I
> know) with 256 MB ram/ Hauppauge 250
>
> This may be old news to lots of you, but I thought it was worth
> sharing.

Maybe a good time to dump kde and get a lighter WM. Of course, a real
videocard should help too.

mdl