[mythtv-users] Digital Pegs CPU

steve sfreilly at roadrunner.com
Wed Nov 26 03:04:14 UTC 2008


Paulin wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
> <mailto:knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 26/11/2008, Paulin <paulin at spextreme.com
>     <mailto:paulin at spextreme.com>> wrote:
> 
>     > I currently have a VIA EPIA M10000 (1ghz processor) with 512 RAM
>     running
>     > MiniMyth.  When I run an analog program (recorded or live) from
>     the backend
>     > it looks pretty good.  The CPU is running around 70%.  However
>     when I run a
>     > Digital signal (live or recorded) the picture pauses regularly
>     (about every
>     > 30 seconds), kinda like a buffer playing catchup.  Anyway I've
>     noticed the
>     > CPU is pegged at 100% so I believe that is really the issue for the
>     > stuttering.
>     >
>     > At one point during my earlier playing around things were working,
>     so I'm
>     > thinking my problem is with a configuration or tweak.  What should
>     I look
>     > for?  Any ideas what I should be focusing on and where I should tweak?
> 
>     If your VIA video driver supports XvMC, do you have that specified in
>     your mythfrontend Playback profile? Previous messages seem to suggest
>     that the XvMC is limited to SDTV material.
> 
>     --
>     Nick Morrott
> 
> 
> Sorry for my ignorance but I'm not clear on what you mean.  
> 1. Playback profile?  Where is that?  I see the recording profile and
> Playback under Settings : TV Settings but no Playback Profile.  Where
> should I look
> 2. XvMC?  How would I check this.  Here is the page to the board I
> purchased (http://www.logicsupply.com/products/m10000g)
> 
> Thanks
> steve



http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/XvMC#Obtaining_XvMC_capable_drivers_for_your_chipset


http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Playback_profiles






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