[mythtv-users] HVR-3000 analog inputs and CPU usage

[Robert]

On Fri, November 21, 2008 8:55 am, Eduard Huguet wrote:
> Hi,
>     This is more a sort of "looking for confirmation" message that any
> other
> thing, but here it goes: I'm currently testing an HVR-3000 card for use
> with
> MythTV, and I've been observing that when using any of the analog inputs
> (TV, S-Video and Composite) the CPU usage of mythbackend goes fairly high,
> about 40%.
>
> Does this means that mythbackend is performing MPEG2 encoding of the video
> on-the-fly? I don't know if the card has some sort of hardware MPEG2
> encoder
> on board that could be used for this purpose. If  so, how should I
> configure
> the card in MythTV (currently is set as an V4L).

I don't think the HVR-3000 has an MPEG encoder, so it's just a
framegrabber, and the encoding work has to be done by the CPU, which is
what you are seeing.

Robert.