[mythtv-users] How MANY backend threads!?!?!? ***** AUTO-REPLY *****

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, October 13, 2010 04:11:52 pm Steve Smith wrote:
> This list really has changed. 3 years ago when i first started using
> myth people were glad to help each other out. Esoteric hardware was
> seen as a challenge. Stupid remarks like that were not seen.
> Yes I know my hardware is a bit long in the tooth. I'm not that daft.
> So what? I'm trying to keep this old hardware going and save some
> landfill. Quite frankly if a p3 is not fast enough for sd then myth is
> getting too fat. Perhaps i should look to microsoft for something
> leaner?
> 
> Anyone got any sensible suggestions to debug and tweak the system?

I'd settle for an answer to the original question, How many backend threads should we expect?

I agree a fast P3 *should* be able to handle SD, without concurrent transcoding or commflagging, which should niceable to 
reduce system load.