[mythtv-users] Are there any throttling features in Mythtv?

[William]

Mike Perkins wrote:
> As for how is mythtv supposed to know that my system can't handle 3 
> (actually 4), but your can handle > 8, that's straightforward. Have a 
> limit such that # of input + # of output streams <= # of tuners as a 
> default, with it being a backend setup field that can be adjusted by 
> the user as experience of the system improves. Again, just a thought 
> idea.
>

Off topic but the simple and to me, obvious solution is to purchase 
another hard drive and split the recording load across 2 spindles rather 
than complicate things even more with yet another message popping up on 
the screen. The WAF factor would drop even more if she found out that 
she cannot watch her favorite show until later due to system load.

The setup I use is a pair of sata drives dedicated to recordings and a 
pair of pata drives for the OS, sql database and all the videos and 
music. No issue recording 3 and watching 2 at the same time. My only 
issue performance wise is that I dont have enough processor to do 
everything I want. Once the new VDPAU driver stabilizes a bit more that 
should remove the last of the cpu hogs.

Bill