[mythtv-users] Is the GUI slow for everyone or just for me?

[Dan Morphis]

mark wrote:
>  Mine's definitely slow since I switched to recording in RTJPEG and
>  transcoding to MPEG4 after. I record about 6-10 hrs a day, and
>  rarely do you pull up the guide or recorded programs and it doesn't
>  take at least 8-10 seconds. When it's not transcoding, it's much
>  faster. This is on a AMD 2500, 512mb ram.

Why record in rtjpeg, then convert?  AFAIK, the only reason to use 
rtjpeg is if your system can't record in real time in mpeg4. . .