[mythtv-users] Minimum Memory reqs for Mythfrontend?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Another,

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 2:21:20 PM, you wrote:

> Tom

> The exact same machine works fine, stutter free with 4gb in........it
> has to be at least memory related.

> It's using an nvidia 240 and a quad i7.....plenty of cpu grunt

> Not using vdpau, although I may try that tonight.

> Tony


> On 5 November 2015 at 13:11, Tom Bongiorno <tbjr at bongohut.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 6:49 AM, Another Sillyname
>> <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I realise the Wiki says 1GB if running hi def and graphics rich theme.
>>>
>>> However I'm just doing some rationalisation of kit and as a test
>>> lobbed just 2GB into a mythfrontend.....it has a decent i7 processor
>>> (this is a test so I want to see if memory is a bottleneck) and
>>> running a 1080p movie I'm getting stutter within 5 mins.
>>>
>>> Looking at HTOP mythfrontend is using 74% of available memory and the
>>> swap file isn't getting used.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on optimising to use only 2GB in the box?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tony
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>> Your stutter is most likely not due to memory at all. My family watches
>> stutter free 1080p movies all the time with an Atom processor, 1GB of RAM,
>> and a slow thumb drive as the bootable disk. I am using VDPAU with an Nvidia
>> ION chipset. What is your graphics card and are you using VDPAU or VAAPI?
>> Also, what bitrate are your 1080p movies?
>>
>> -Tom
>>
>> _______________________________________________

Is the db running on the same machine. Proper optimization takes up
memory, but as I understand that usage is in part dependant on how
much is available.


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