[mythtv-users] Analog side of pcHDTV-5500 card

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jun 27, 2008, at 12:28 AM, Mike Gibson wrote:

> I'm trying to get the analog side of my pcHDTV-5500 working.  It seems
> to work except for choppy playback in LiveTV (haven't looked at
> recordings yet) with:
>
> 2008-06-27 01:23:14.583 NVP: prebuffering pause
>
> over and over.
>
> I have a dual CPU machine, but mythbackend never goes over 70% CPU,
> and mythbackend never goes over 50%.  Is this machine not up to the
> task.  Are there any known issues with multiple CPUs?

You might be hitting some other bottleneck. Do you have anything bad  
in /var/log/messages?
You should really look at recordings to help narrow down the problem.  
It might just be a matter of adjusting your LiveTV quality settings.