[mythtv-users] nuvexport speed

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 12 November 2004 12:26, Chris Petersen wrote:
> Tim Sailer wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 03:26:41PM +0000, Greg Cope wrote:
> >>Looking at archiving stuff and have kicked off nuvexport on a 1.5
> >> hour ~ 3 gig recording.
> >>
> >>It seems to be very slow, ie 3FPS, or about 10% an hour.
> >>
> >>Is this normal?
> >
> > Yup. Renice all the transcode processes to -19, and you should gain
> > some speed.
>
> You have to be root to do that.  If you do, just make sure you trust
> me not to put any exploits into the code.  ;)

Actually, I think you can still run the process as a normal user; you 
just need to renice it from a root account.  The process will retain 
its normal permissions, though, IIRC.

> But on a serious note, if you do this, it will also prevent anything
> else on your box from running well -- particularly mythbackend. 
> That's a bad thing if you have a software encoder.

Yeah, I'd say it's generally not recommended unless it's a dedicated 
transcoding box.

-JAC