[mythtv-users] liveTV sucking up CPU cycles?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 8, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Yan Seiner wrote:

> Here's myth with liveTV:
>
>  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 19863 mythtv    20   0  682m 279m 125m S   66  4.7   6:43.18  
> mythfrontend
> 18477 root      20   0  123m  39m  26m R   26  0.7   2:48.89 Xorg
>
>
> Here's myth playing the exact same show as a recording:
>
> PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 19863 mythtv    20   0  694m 228m 125m S   32  3.8   0:46.36  
> mythfrontend
> 18477 root      20   0  115m  31m  21m S   19  0.5   0:14.58 Xorg
>
> ????
>
> LiveTV uses 2 - 2.5 times the CPU cycles of playback.  I have no idea
> why....

Have you checked that your LiveTV recording profile and whatever your  
other recording profile is using is exactly the same?