[mythtv-users] MythTV performance optimisation - live TV watching?

[Jeff Monks]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Ruskii Kapitan wrote:

> My capture settings? I am not sure - probably the default ones.  How do 
> I find out?

Go to Settings -> TV Settings -> Recording profiles in your frontend.  

If you're using the default settings, that's your problem.  A 1GHz 
processor isn't powerful enough to do Live TV at the default settings.

Try reducing the frame size to something like 352x480, and play with the 
bitrate slider until you get smooth playback.  You'll lose some quality, 
but that's the only way you'll get that machine to do Live TV.