[mythtv-users] Mythbackend CPU usage when running low on diskspace

Tue Mar 22 16:09:09 UTC 2005

> There's just one thing that's bothering me: Every time I run low on HD
> space on my video partition ( < 4 GB left ), mythbackend will start
> eating up a lot of CPU resources. (As in: 0% idle, jerky video
> playback, dropped frames while recording) This stops as soon as I free
> up some more space.

Are you using xfs?  I believe it has a history of doing bad things when 
free space gets low.  Check the archives.