[mythtv-users] Can I turn off the channel preview in the guide while in livetv?

Norm mlists at dressler.ca
Sun Sep 21 22:47:01 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 18:40 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 09/21/2008 06:28 PM, Norm wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 15:03 -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> >> On Sep 21, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Norm wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have a real problem with slow responding guide in SVN.  I've  
> >> > applied the patch related to this problem from trac that turns off  
> >> > compositing but that didn't resolve my issue.  Bob deinterlacing is  
> >> > turned off, I set the eco guide for low-cpu, etc.  But when watching  
> >> > h.264 through my hd pvr, its still really slow and sometimes not  
> >> > responding for several seconds.
> >> >
> >> > I'm thinking I can do without watching TV while browsing the guide  
> >> > so if there is a way to suspend tv while in the guide, I think that  
> >> > might do the trick for me.
> >>
> >> It's probably just a lack of CPU to decode the content and show the  
> >> guide. What does top say?
> >> I think there is an option to pause while in the guide.
> >>     
> > top shows me mythtv and mysql and only about 1.5.  It's an AMD 
> > dual-core 2.6Ghz system.
> >
> > Pausing would be great too but I haven't been able to find that option 
> > -- any direction would be appreciated.
> 
> Continue Playback When Embedded
> This option continues TV playback when the TV window is embedded in the 
> upcoming program list or recorded list. The default is to pause the 
> recorded show when embedded.
> 
> in General Playback settings, perhaps?  (I don't use LiveTV, so I have 
> no idea what that does.)
> 

That was already set off which indicates it should pause but it does
nothing while viewing live TV.

Thx
Norm
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