[mythtv-users] Is backend involved when watching a recording.

[Ramasubramanian Ramesh]

>
> As i understand it the backend will send the recording data to the 
> frontend. Its up to the frontend to decode and present the video and 
> sound. If your using vdpau it should be able to handle most everything 
> and carry the decode load.
> This is only happening with HD content?
> Is the recording on the same harddrive as the os and database?
>
> That PC should be able to handle most things, I think. For example im 
> able to run 720p content with a sempron / nvidia 6200 / 512 mb using 
> xvmc running full backend and frontend. But one difference might be that 
> i have the os/database on one drive and all my media/recordings on another.
My OS and video are on the same drive. I will experiment with a copy on 
another drive to see if the problems go away.

Ramesh