[mythtv-users] A quick look at Mythbuntu 8.10

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 3, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Colin McGregor wrote:

> After the install everything was a bit nicer / slicker than I was used
> to on Knoppmyth. I like the concept of the easily done incremental
> upgrades. Two things have given me pause though. In the small, near
> trivial was the screen save is on by default (which I don't want). Far
> more serious was watching OTA HDTV, which would stutter every few
> seconds, something I find unacceptable.
>
> Are there any obvious / easy performance tweaks I should be looking at
> with Mythbuntu? I have installed the proprietary nVidia drivers (which
> I assumed would be a real help...). The box is an Athlon 64 3200+ with
> 1.5 GB of RAM, an nVidia 7200 PCIExpress card and three tuner cards
> (the pcHDTV-5500, a PVR-150 and a PVR-350).

Change your playback profile settings in mythfrontend. Try each of the  
defaults to see which is best, then tweak for your specific needs if  
required.