[mythtv-users] odd CPU usage

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 02 May 2003 12:48 pm, Aran Cox wrote:
> I've seen this too... and it bugs me.  My system is fast enough to
> record and playback another recording.  However, when watching LiveTV I
> often get very jerky motion and top shows very little idle CPU time.
> However, recording and playing back another show uses 35% backend, 5-10%
> frontend.   Sometimes I see it behave like this, other times LiveTV
> works just fine.  I'm pretty aware of other background processes, and
> I'm sure nothing else is causing this.
>
> Question: Does a single backend/frontend combo system always read the
> data over the TCP socket?  Or does the frontend get the files straight
> from the filesystem when possible?

Live-tv currently always goes through a TCP socket.  I've never bothered 
optimizing that, yet, though I plan to sometime.  Playback of files will get 
the data from the filesystem when possible, though.  

Isaac