[mythtv-users] Need (suggestions for) lean mythfrontend

[Brian Foddy]

On Sunday 06 July 2008, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Sunday 06 July 2008 15:03:42 Johan wrote:
> > I put my hand on a mini PC, installed Ubuntu Hardy on it with Gnome
> > desktop and mythtv 0.21-fixes.
> > Unfortunately it seems a bit underpowered. The system monitor displayed
> > takes 100% CPU (25% for system monitor and 75% for Xorg). It actuall
> > runs myth fine, up to the moment an OSD is displayed, then audio starts
> > to crackle and errors appear in the log. Guess it's running at its max.
> >
> > So I need some recommendations to build a lean, custum built kernel and
> > if possible a minimized version of myth. All I need initially would be
> > the option to play live TV and recordings/movies. Nice to have: firefox
>
> If you are interested in SD only you might look into the Media MVP.
>
> The Mini Mac is also a possibility, as is Apple TV, though I'm not sure of
> the status of that right now.
>
> beww
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from the sound of you description, you may be suffering from the UseEvents
problem, try 

Option "UseEvents" "true"

in the Device section of your xorg.conf file.

The machine still may be overtaxed, but X should not be taking that large
of percent.

Brian