[mythtv-users] Transcoding overhead, could use some advice...

[Aran Cox]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 04:22:52PM -0600, Curtis Wood wrote:
>    Thanks, the lockups are simply because the load gets way to high -
> the last time I was recording like 3 movies over night I came in the
> morning and the load was like at 8.50! I am in the market for a 250pvr,
> and Im assuming from your comments - it would be well worth the
> purchase?
>     This thing is till transcoding the movie - I had the audio pushed
> down to '3' - would that be what is causing this thing to still be
> churning 10hrs later? Other than that - it is set to mpeg/8000 bit rate,
> hq and the mvr or something...
>    I think I will stop using the encoding feature...
> 
> Tahnks again,
> Curtis
> 
I don't see how/why your load average would be 8.5 while transcoding.  
Transcoding is a pretty linear process, as is recording a show. Assuming
you are using software encoding, I would think your load average would be
about 2 while doing both at the same time, maybe above that for live TV.

Are you sure there isn't something else going on on your system?

Aran

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