[mythtv-users] Watch recordings screen in Mythbuntu theme slow

Paul Clark paul at aghast.co.uk
Sun Jan 17 11:36:47 UTC 2010


2010/1/17 Paul Clark <paul at aghast.co.uk>

> That worked perfectly.  Thanks so much.
>
> It does make me wonder why the theme developer added the fanart
> functionality when it has such a dramatic impact on performance.
>
> Cheers, Paul
>
>
>
> 2010/1/17 MythTV <mythtv at ncc1701.serveftp.net>
>
>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>> > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Paul Clark
>> > Sent: Sunday, 17 January 2010 9:46 PM
>> > To: Discussion about mythtv
>> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Watch recordings screen in Mythbuntu theme slow
>> >
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > I've got Myth 0.22 running on Ubuntu 9.10.  Everything is working great
>> > - thanks to all the devs for their efforts - the only thing I can't get
>> > working is the performance of the Mythbuntu theme in the Watch
>> > Recordings screen.  I get a 2 second lag when navigating through either
>> > the pane of the screen.  Watching top as I stack up keypresses I can
>> > see the mythbackend process shoot up to nearly 100% CPU.
>>
>>
>> This is correct.  The CPU lag is mythfrontend searching for "Fanart".
>>
>> > If I change the theme to Mythcenter-Wide then no lag.  I'm happy using
>> > Mythcenter-wide but I'd prefer the Mythbuntu theme.
>>
>> Mythcenter theme doesn't support "Fanart".  Mythbuntu theme does
>>
>> >
>> > Any suggestions for speeding up the Watch Recordings screen in the
>> > Mythbuntu theme?
>>
>> Edit /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/recordings-ui.xml
>>
>> Locate the 'Fanart' block and either comment it out (using <!-- and -->)
>> or
>> just delete it.
>>
>> <!--
>>        <imagetype name="fanart">
>>            <filename>background.png</filename>
>>            <area>0,0,1280,720</area>
>>            <preserveaspect>yes</preserveaspect>
>>        </imagetype>
>> -->
>>
>> Reload mythfrontend, and the LAG should disappear.  (As will the Fanart
>> support, which
>> I guarantee you won't miss).
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks, Paul
>> >
>>
>> HTH.
>>
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Apologies for top posting.  I was too eager to pass on my thanks.

Paul
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