[mythtv-users] Choppy Playback

[Prash]

Xorg 6.7 is a fork of Xfree 4.3. So their drivers work with Xorg yes.
Infact I use Xorg myself. But you have to apply a patch to compile
with 2.6 kernel. A complete howto is on fedorafaq.com.


On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:55:47 -0500, Mark Beaver
<beaverm at corp.earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm not sure if that's it or not to be honest, I think (can't remember
> now with all the other tweaks I've done) I've tried the audio buffering
> and it improved a little but, but not greatly, I think it's the fact
> that I'm not using the acceleration on the video card.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> John P. Mitchell wrote:
> 
> >Mark,
> >
> >   I have to set the following check box on all of my frontends for smooth
> >playback of video that has been captured by my PVR-250s:
> >
> >Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> Extra audio buffering
> >
> >I do not know about the other question, I have paid little attention to
> >which processes are running at any given time. Well, except when
> >mythbackend  goes down because I fouled something up in the configuration.
> >
> >
> >
> >>I have a 850 Mhz machine w/ 512 megs of ram and a 40 Gig hard drive.
> >>
> >>Recording is fine, that is done with a PVR 250, so I'm pretty sure it's
> >>not
> >>the video (but I could be wrong)
> >>
> >>It gets really choppy during playback, including when I'm watching live
> >>tv,
> >>the processor usage runs up to around 60-80%. And I'm curious about one
> >>other thing, I see 2-5 mythfrontend processes running, and about the same
> >>back end, is that normal?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Mark
> >>
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> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >    John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com>
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