[mythtv-users] A poor HD viewing experience

[Tom Bishop]

I have seen the same thing, might want to try this, set the timestretch to
.95, which disables xvmc, but when I do that my CPU goes way down when
watching HD LiveTV...YMMV though for some reason which I can't seem to
figure out this returns my CPU back to normal levels...

On 11/30/06, Nick <cykoduck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> CPU usage jumps to around 50% for Xorg and 50% for mythfrontend. I'm
> > guessing this is not the intended behavior (the choppiness), but I'm at
> > a loss for how to troubleshoot it. Here are my specs:
> >
> >
>
> My System Spec is very close (same cpu / mem / HD) but I'm using pcHDTV
> card and nvidia 5200.
>
> Prior to a week ago I was running .19 w/ the x86 Kernel and never used
> more then 50% cpu system wide when watching 1080i.  Then I rebuilt the
> machine w/ a 64 kernel and moved to FC6 and moved to .20 and I am getting
> the same CPU issues you are having.
>
> My workaround right now is that I am watching in 480p and not 1080i.  What
> resolutions do you see this problem in?
>
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