[mythtv-users] High xorg CPU usage when playing recording

jgmtfia Mr jgmtfia at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 05:17:34 UTC 2007


> > I am running the SVN head and recently, during recording playback xorg
> > CPU usage goes to 99% and stays there until playback is complete.  I

> Did you enable XvMC in the mythfrontend?
> Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback
> Change the "Preferred MPEG2 Decoder" to "Standard XvMC"
>
> This should offload the mpeg2 decoding to your video cards and free up
> processing cycles.

I just tried that.  No change in behavior.  I did try changing the
deinterlacer from BOB to "one-field" on my usage dropped to 2% for
xorg and 10% for mythfrontend.

Is this normal?  Should BOB deinterlacing take so much CPU?


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