[mythtv-users] Number of threads needed?

[Richard Schelin]

My question, the rest of below should answer 99% of the questions I may get 
:), is :

Is it normal for me to see 9 mythbackend processes running when I start 
mythbackend?  the number of mysqld processes jumps from ~4 to the number of 
mythbackend processes I have running.

This concers me because I'm looking at the Residental space these take, when 
I first start each takes 11Mb (mythbackend), and 5.5 for each mysql.  Just 
now They were up to 39+7.5, or 46.5Mb each, and I had 11 of each process 
running (Strangely that's the 512Mb of ram in my system...)

Right now top shows 256k of swap used....(after restarting both mysql and 
mythbackend, which did remove ALL those processes).

Is this normal?

Thanks,

Rich

Start lengthy system information.


I have just installed Gentoo, and mythTv 9.1.

I have a Athlon-Xp 2600+, 512Mb ram, a ATI Wonder Ve card and a Gainward 
128mB Geforce 4 4200.

My kernel is custom built on linux-2.4.21-rc4-aa1 sources.

I'm running XFree86 Version 4.3.0, with fluxbox as my WM, and the latest 
nvidia driver.

I have mysql, and mythbackend start during boot time (it shows the user for 
mythbackend as "nobody", and for mysqld the user is "mysql")

I can record shows just fine, watching liveTv can be a little jumpy at 
720x480 Mpeg4 no compression on the audio and all the neat buttons clicked, 
I'm running fullscreen on my monitor for now...Ths concerns me a little bit.

I can record a show, and watch the show a minute or so behind and there is 
no skipping or anything, but watching live doesn't seem to be happy.  I've 
watched my cpu usage hang right around 90% watching live Tv.

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