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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am currently trying to setup an old laptop as a
frontend only box for my MythTV system (details below). Everything is installed
and running ok, except that I get pre-buffering pauses when I try to playback
any of my recordings. Looking at 'top' it appears that the cpu is being pegged
at 100% during video playback (65% mythfrontend, 35% X). This laptop _should_ be
fast enough to playback the videos as I can play them back on another frontend
with a slower processor. Can anyone offer some suggestions as to where to look
to improve performance for this machine?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Toshiba Sattelite 4300 Pro, P3-600, 192MB RAM, S3
Savage/IX</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fedora 3 and Mythtv 0.17 installed using Jarod's
most excellent guide.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Using internal LCD panel @ 1024x768 as display
(Laptop has TV-Out but I won't be using it)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>xvinfo tells me that XV is running for the
Savage/IX video</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Video clips being played are <A
href="mailto:720x480@5500">720x480@5500</A> mpg2 captured with a PVR250. Video
clips are ok as I can play them with my celeron 533/ATi Rage frontend machine
without pauses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any suggestions for troubleshooting
this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn Flynn</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>