[mythtv-users] Re: HDTV, Myth, HD-2000, HD-3000, questions galore (and hopefully answers from the smart people... )

[James Armstrong]

Brad Templeton wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 11:46:08PM -0600, Paul Leppert wrote:
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>>When watching livetv on ABC (HD 720p), I end up with 0% idle using top
>>    72% cpu usage for mythfrontend
>>    18% cpu for mythbackend
>>     6% for X
>>     1% for lirc_dev
>>    <1% for top and others
>>
>>When watching livetv on NBC (HD 1080i), I end up with 0% idle using top
>>    82% cpu usage for mythfrontend
>>     9% cpu for mythbackend
>>     7% for X
>>     1% for lirc_dev
>>    <1% for the rest
>>
>>
>>These numbers seem much worse than what I've read from other people
>>online.  What are others seeing with HDTV?  Should I be getting better
>>    
>>
I am getting the following while watching HD 1080i on CBS:     38% User, 
2.2% System and 56.1% Idle

    .3% cpu usage for mythfrontend
        mythbackend on another computer
    12% for X
    .3% for lirc_dev
    <1% for top and others

This is on a 3gig Pentium4 HT with 8meg cache. 1gig memory, NVidia 5200.

- James