[mythtv-users] EPIA M10000+PVR-350+NO TvOut = slow?

[Joe Votour]

On an Epia, you should either use the PVR-350 TV-Out
or XvMC, or else you will be utilizing 85%+ of the
CPU, when decoding in software.

If you have Xv (XVideo) working fine with your Epia,
then software decoding shouldn't be stuttering that
badly.  I can only guess that you're using an X server
that doesn't support the Epia for accelerated video. 
Note that to use XvMC with the Epia you need a patched
X server with Unichrome support, as well as a copy of
MythTV from CVS.

-- Joe

--- frutillar at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Another thing I am wondering about is with respect
> to the performance of MythTV on an EPIA M10000 mobo.
>  I can go to watch LiveTV, but I only get to see one
> frame every so often... very, very, very choppy.  No
> sound also, but I am assuming that the sound issue
> may be related to the video issue.
> 
> I do not have TvOut setup yet, so I am watching
> MythTV on my monitor still. (Next step after
> troubleshooting a few minor issues will be to turn
> this on).
> 
> When MythTV is on the menu (no LiveTV), "top"
> reports around 3-4% CPU load.  However, when I watch
> LiveTV (the choppy live tv) top reports around
> 98-99% CPU usage.  I did tell MythTV to use MPEG-2
> through the PVR-350 when decoding (ie capturing from
> the cable feed), but it seems that the other half of
> the equation, ie watching the video stream, is
> eating up all the CPU.
> 
> KEY QUESTIONS:  Is this normal?  I believe this is
> not correct, but I just want to verify with others
> out there with a similar setup.  If it is not
> normal, any thoughts on how I can troubleshoot this?
> 
> My setup:
> 
> EPIA M10000
> PVR-350 w/ grey-top/dark-bottom remote
> Mandrake 10.1 (2.6.8.1-12mdk)
> ivtv 0.3.2a
> lirc 0.7.0
> 
> Thanks!!>
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