[mythtv-users] HD Is Choppy. More RAM?

[Jarod Wilson]

Eric Broszeit wrote:
> I have Gnome, the back end, and the front end all on one box with a 
> processor that will be more than enough, but the RAM is only 512. Might 
> this be the problem? I am capturing via firewire 400mbps. That should be 
> plenty fast enough. I am getting about 1 second of video and audio then 
> it freezes for 2 seconds, 1 good second, freezes, etc.

Video card and cpu tend to be more relevant than gobs of memory. Care to 
share what those are? 512M should generally be enough, though at higher 
resolutions, that can get ate up pretty quickly by the GUI. Check your 
swap usage. Running your memory in dual-channel mode also seems to help 
in some cases -- I'd suspect particularly if you're using some sort of 
onboard video.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com