[mythtv-users] SVN vdpau and hdpvr playback

[David Brodbeck]

Al McIntosh wrote:
> Another note, my myth box is always running 24/7 and when I attempt to 
> play a recording first thing in the morning  or at night after work 
> after the box has been idle for a long period of time the gui appears 
> sluggish and I tend to see the video no, audio yes issue. Or it could be 
> coincidence, thought I would mention it. I emailed you a link directly 
> to your email address with a file that exhibited this behavior.

I wonder if this is caused by swapping?  Linux tends to swap idle 
applications out to disk in favor of using RAM as disk cache.  Do you 
see lots of disk activity on the drive containing your swap partition 
when this happens?