[mythtv] Myth VERY slow, crashes

[Tony Clark]

Something is eating your CPU cycles.  top should tell you what.  I get the 
same error message here but it all works ok ofter about 30 secs or so.  The 
delaying message is usualy due to cpu load.  what else is runing

tony


On Monday 06 January 2003 11.43, Mike Payson wrote:
> Update: On my most recent reboot, it seems to be working. Nothing has
> changed. I am executing exactly same commands to get everything setup, and
> in the same order (it's all scripted). I have tried this probably twenty
> times, rebooting between each attempt, and it has consistently failed, so I
> assume that will fail again.
>
> The only error message I'm getting is "strange error flushing buffer" when
> I first launch, but it continues from there fine. I'm also getting
> "Delaying to next trigger: xxxxxxxx", but I assume that can be safely
> disregarded?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On Monday 06 January 2003 12:27 am, Mike Payson wrote:
> > I just got Myth installed, but it's not working properly. Sometimes, when
> > I start it, it will play back normally for only a second or so, then the
> > sound will stop, and it will start playing at about 1/4 speed. Other
> > times, it will play back fine, but if I try to change channels, it will
> > freeze. I have tested, and full duplex sound seems to work properly (I
> > can execute arecord in one terminal, and play back the same file in
> > another). I have an Athlon 2100 xp, and dma is turned on, giving ~47Mbps
> > throughput.
> >
> > A recent thread ("Unable to change channels") described a similar
> > problem, saying that sound was to blame, so if someone can suggest a
> > better way to test it, let me know (I haven't been able to use the test
> > in the manual since I can't get xawtv to work, but I don't believe that
> > problem is related.)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Mike

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