[mythtv-users] Flag commercials queue getting pretty long

[Mark Hutchinson]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:02 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 01:59:10PM -0700, Clay wrote:
> > Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> >
> > >On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net
> > ><mailto:ctmythtv at pacbell.net>> wrote:
> > >
> > >    Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> > >
> > >        I have F13 and .23 recording from an HD-PVR working very well.
> > >         Just set this up a couple of weeks ago.
> > >        When I look at the mythweb status page, I can see the job queue
> > >        for "flag commercials" getting pretty long.  Up to about 40 or
> > >        50 long now and growing.
> > >        Obviously not keeping up.  Quad core ( 8 with HT ) and 12 gigs
> > >        ram, so its not that.  I can see mythcommflag always in the #1
> > >        spot in top, but what could be causing this ever increasing
> queue?
> > >
> > >        It does look like the jobs work.  I see searching for logo, then
> > >        Xpercent completed at usually around 66fps.
> > >
> > >        Ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >    Might try turning up the wick a bit. iirc, there is a setting
> > >    (somewhere) for CPU usage [low/med/hi] and how many jobs to run at a
> > >    time... (might be transcoding, not commflag though. crs is a bitch)
> > >    I use med and 2 jobs running, on my wimpy core2 with 2 gig and get
> > >    250-300 fps and no impact on frontend stuff.
> > >
> >
> > [fixed top post]
> >
> > >>Thanks.  Done.  I set it to HIGH and 3 jobs. Its working those
> > >>cores now!
> > >>
> > >>Should be able to handle things now.
> > >>
> > >>Mark
> > >>
> >
> > Don't get too carried away. I've found high load tends to chop up
>
>      You can always run on jobs another box if you are worried about taxing
> your backend(s) too much.
>
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Thanks for all of the great points.  My mythbackend chewed through about 30
-35 HD shows last night and will be caught up likely in 24 hours.
Always so many great things to learn about myth.
Now, to jump from stable .23fixes rpms to .24rc1?
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