[mythtv-users] prebuffering pause with lirc

[Sam Varshavchik]

Dean Schilling writes:

> I just did a little more digging into the problem.
> 
> When mythfrontend is playing a pre-recorded show, the idle CPU is 20 - 
> 31%.  After I load lircd, the idle CPU drops to 0%.  This is why I'm 
> getting the prebuffering pause.
> 
> My question is, why does lircd chew up so much CPU bandwidth?  I've 
> eliminated the irxevent, but I'm still getting the problem.  I know a 
> 500MHz PIII isn't that fast, but that's ridicules.
> 
> Any suggestions or troubleshooting hints would be appreciated.

Use 'ps' to obtain lircd's process ID.

Use 'strace -p <PID>' to see what lircd is doing, and why.


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