[mythtv-users] X CLE266 and CPU Utilization

[Curtis Stanford]

I'm using an M10k and see about 20-25% CPU utilization watching 720x480 
video. I never get choppy audio and the load is nowhere near 2. My 
backend is separate so the frontend is only playing video and nothing 
else.

On Dec 17, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Joe Buhr wrote:

> So I've got most everything working fine now, with just a few
> anoyances I can live with for now.
>
> What I'd like to focus on now is the current performance of my PVR.
> Currently I'm seeing CPU utilization of X at about 30% and an overall
> load average of about 2.  While watching TV through the mythfrontend I
> also get some choppy audio also this is pretty rare (I'm attributing
> this to the high utilization).
>
> Are these utilization rates to be expected?
>
> Here's my configs:
> PVR250
> VIA EPIA MII10000
> Fedora Core 3
>
> Here's my X config
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> Section "Files"
>         RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>         FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "fbdevhw"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "type1"
>         Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "kbd"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Analog NTSC Television"
>         HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "via"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         #BoardName   "S3 UniChrome"
>         BoardName   "CLE266 UniChrome"
>         Option      "PciRetry" "true"
>         Option      "TVType" "NTSC"
>         Option      "TVScan" "over"
>         Option      "EnableAGPDMA" "true"
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> Section "DRI"
>         Group        0
>         Mode         0666
> EndSection
>
> If this is to be expected, then I guess I'll start working on the
> other little anoyances.
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