[mythtv-users] nuvexport speed

[Christopher McEwan]

When exporting to xvid I get around 5ftp on a 2.8 Ghz P4.

Strange thing is when I run top it shows it using 15% cpu, with no
other programs using the remaining 85% ???

Any Ideas why ?


On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:07:44 -0900, John Andersen
<jsa at video.homelinux.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2004 12:04, nate s wrote:
> 
> 
> > I was taking a look at the nuvexport code recently, and I noticed that
> > (at least for the xvid module; I didn't look at the rest) it was
> > renicing it to 19 (lowest priority.)  I suppose this makes sense, so
> > as not to mess up any in-progress recordings, but if you're not using
> > the box for anything else at the time, you might as well set it
> > higher, or at least turn off other things that'd take cpu time.
> >
> > Heck, if you're not using it, just shut down X and use nuvexport from
> > the terminal.  That'll save you some cpu cycles.
> 
> Why bother?  That's what nice is for, to manage all that stuff for you.
> Leave it alone and let it do its job.  The transcode will use just about
> ALL the cpu when you are not doing anything else.  You will not
> gain any measurable speed by fiddeling with it than you would
> gain by just turning off your screen saver and walking away.
> 
> You DO know how Nice works, don't you?
> 
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