[mythtv-users] stuttering playback with MythTV EPIA-M/networked

[Andrew Wilson]

My guess is that you're doing software mpeg decode for some reason. I
got smooth playback in software by going into setup/tv/playback and
disable deinterlacing. Treat this as a diagnostic step rather than a
solution :-)

If you're getting smooth playback in this scenario, then you need to
figure out why you're not using the hw assistance. - I assume you've
enabled it in the setup!

Also, what does top report - if it's at 0% idle during playback and
there's no other processes hogging the CPU, then you're definitely not
using hw assist.

hope this helps
Andrew