[mythtv-users] CPU usage spikes in liveTV on EPIA M10000

[Scott Rowe]

Paul, check this post.. 
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2004-February/034007.html

And  

http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2004-March/037588.html

My experience with similar issues..

-Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Paul W. Smith
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 1:12 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] CPU usage spikes in liveTV on EPIA M10000
> 
> I'm getting occasional CPU usage spikes (to 96%) when 
> watching live TV in Mythfrontend on an EPIA M10000-based 
> system.  When this occurs, I get stuttering video/audio.  
> 
> Specs are as follows:  MythTV .14, M10000 MB, 256MB Ram, 
> 7200RPM 80GB Seagate Drive, Gentoo-based, open source CLE266 
> driver, XFree-EPIA, Kernel-2.4-EPIA, PVR250 w/ ivtv driver.  
> The input is from DirecTV DSS, if that matters...
> 
> It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does (I'd say 
> every 5-10 minutes), it usually happens multiple times in 
> succession.  I'm running all of the modules except Mythweb, 
> and I've optimized the system by turning off unnecessary 
> processes.  When it is not spiking, I usually see around 
> 40%-60% Mythfrontend CPU utilization when watching live TV.  
> 
> Has anyone else with a similar setup experienced this?  Are 
> there other things I can check or things I can do to tweak the system?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Paul
> 
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