[mythtv-users] backend takes 100% CPU recording DVB-T

[Steven Adeff]

On 4/5/06, Chris Hubball <chris at hubball.org> wrote:
> >> If 0.18 works, does anyone know if you can run the 0.18 backend with
> >> the
> >> 0.19 frontend?
> >
> > No I tried that...
> >
> > So is it the packages or is everyone else running something a lot faster
> > than a XP 1800?
>
> I'm running a VIA 1.2Ghz.
>
> > The other thing I noticed is BBC channels seemed to be a heavier load,
> > possibly due to the higher bit rate.
>
> Probably, but if it's running correctly it only pushes it from 5 to 10%
> and so there's still plenty idle for other things.
>
> As this issue seems quite common, I've raised it on the mythtv-dev list
> to see if anyone has any ideas?
>
> Have you tried building the backend package on debian?  I was thinking
> that perhaps there are some DVB-T build options we could try messing
> with.
>
> Chris.

it may be worth compiling the latest svn fixes branch to see if the
problem still persists.

--
Steve