[mythtv-users] Long delays with remote occasionally

[Richard Shaw]

[SNIP]
> As I mentioned here:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/386493#386493
>
> ...I'm not convinced that's the case for everyone.  I had this issue
> big time, and as I mention several times in the original thread, it
> started like flicking a switch when I upgraded to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
> under gentoo (from 1.3.x I believe), and for others it seems to have
> started after upgrading Fedora to a version with that as well.  for
> me, it seems as though either subsequent kernel upgrades or maybe the
> upgrade from Gentoo xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 to xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 has
> fixed the issue, and I've been running perfectly without Josh's patch
> for over a month now.
>
> It's a real tough one to nail down, but the bug addressed in Josh's
> patch was there before I had the problem, and without the patch is
> there now and simply isn't causing the issue is my case.
>
> Tom

I agree, my problems seemed to begin with the Xorg update. To date,
the only solution I found since I don't want to patch anything, is to
use the VDPAU backport of myth from atrpms. I'm not sure if this works
because it bypasses ffmpeg or it it works because it offloads the
processor enough that it fumbles through the errors fast enough it
doesn't cause input delays anymore. If I don't use VDPAU I get 100%
load on one processor and even though the other core is not fully
utilized, I still get input delays.

Richard