[mythtv-users] liveTV sucking up CPU cycles?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Jason wrote:

> Yes!  I can confirm that all profiles have the same settings.  LiveTV,
> Default, High Quality and Low Quality all have the same settings in  
> my test
> system with my HDPVR.  I had looked at this info last night and had  
> meant to
> include it in my mail, but forgot.
>
> Testing this morning with a SD program, I saw CPU load of around 35%  
> for
> mythfrontend when watching via livetv.  Watching via a recording in
> progress, the average was a bit lower:  Around 31-32%.  It's not a  
> huge
> difference for SD programs, but it is different.  In the test  
> system, it's
> not noticeable, but if I did the same on my production system with  
> HD (an
> AppleTV) it would be a make or break sort of thing.

I think the next place to look is the frontend log file to see if it's  
doing anything different. Turn up your verbosity to all to see if you  
can spot something extra that's happening between LiveTV and a  
recording currently in progress.

-Brad