[mythtv-users] Mythtv frontend on PPC

[O&M Ugarcina]

On 17/10/13 00:18, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 16 October 2013 22:12, O&M Ugarcina <mo.ucina at gmail.com> wrote:
>> - In the beginning was stuttering audio and video , but turned out the CPU
>> was hitting 100% all the time , and NOT because of mythfrontend , but it was
>> osx 10.5.8 Leopard issue syslogd and aslmanager . Between the two of them
>> they were using up all the CPU , myth did not get a look in . So after I
>> nobbled those two out of the picture , I could get back to myth .
>> - At the moment I have set-up video playback profile to opengl-slim and have
>> one-filed(hw) and one-filed as primary and secondary deinterlacers with
>> de-blocking filter checked off . I also have separate playback for video and
>> GUI set both with iMac native resolution display size . Please suggest other
>> combinations of playback profile settings , which could be more efficient
>> and maintain best picture quality .
>> - The CPU load on the mythfrontend now sits at about 25 to 35% when watching
>> SD channels at 576i , but goes up to 65 to 85% when watching HD at 1080i .
>> Which gives a very good viewing experience with no drops or stuttering of
>> either video or audio, and that is what I was trying to achieve .
>>
> Great to know that..
>
> In the end, ignoring all the messing around with the source code; how
> long did it take to compile?
>
Truthfully I would say about 5 to 6 hours taking into account the 
dependencies as well, since I started with a clean slate . The two 
longest compilations would be qt then myth .

Best Regards

Milorad