[mythtv-users] Playback problem -- random short pauses

[Rob Smith]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
> :)  I'm a kernel dev, not a mythtv dev, so pardon the obvious advice.  :)
>
> 1. Don't bother with swap space --> if you've got 4GB of RAM, or heck even
> "only" 2GB of RAM, there's just about zero need EVER for swap space.
> It's simply not worth the fuss, unless you intend to "hibernate" (suspend
> to disk, which uses the swap space) the machine.

Swap > oom_killer

Swap Files > Swap Partitions

unless you suspend to disk that is.

~Rob