[mythtv-users] Choppy Playback

[John P. Mitchell]

Mark,

   I have to set the following check box on all of my frontends for smooth
playback of video that has been captured by my PVR-250s:

Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> Extra audio buffering

I do not know about the other question, I have paid little attention to
which processes are running at any given time. Well, except when
mythbackend  goes down because I fouled something up in the configuration.

> I have a 850 Mhz machine w/ 512 megs of ram and a 40 Gig hard drive.
>
> Recording is fine, that is done with a PVR 250, so I'm pretty sure it's
> not
> the video (but I could be wrong)
>
> It gets really choppy during playback, including when I'm watching live
> tv,
> the processor usage runs up to around 60-80%. And I'm curious about one
> other thing, I see 2-5 mythfrontend processes running, and about the same
> back end, is that normal?
>
>
>
> Mark
>
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Regards,
    John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com>
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