[mythtv-users] Playback problems in iPlayer HD playback

[John Reid]

On 19/07/11 15:47, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:23:19 +0100, John Reid<johnbaronreid at netscape.net>
> wrote:
>> On 19/07/11 13:04, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:12:55 +0100, John
> Reid<johnbaronreid at netscape.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> When I'm viewing standard iPlayer content in the browser, top reports
>>>> about 70% CPU usage. For HD content it reports about 150%. Does this
>>>> mean I'm not using the Intel integrated on-board graphics?
>>> Prior to 0.25, MythTV does not use the onboard video decoding on Intel
>>> hardware. However, the chip in your processor does have sufficient
> power
>>> to
>>> run the OpenGL video renderer, and you should be running that rather
> than
>>> the default Xv.
>>>
>> That sounds useful, I'm not 100% sure what to do though. Is Xv what X
>> uses by default? I have opengl installed. You're saying it doesn't seem
>> to be using it?
> Xv is what MythTV uses by default.  However in this case, MythTV is
> irrelevant.  iPlayer is an external application, the Adobe flash player,
> which is simply exceedingly inefficient.  MythTV has no control over the
> matter.
OK thanks for your help. Sorry to be slightly off-topic. I guess that 
does mean that when my DVB-T2 USB stick arrives I might have a chance of 
watching the shows it records.

John.

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