[mythtv] Hardware configuration

[Henk Poley]

I'm not sure, but AFAIK 2.4.19 is the one that fixed IDE CPU usage. It was
released about a month ago, the first new Linux kernel in ages (according
to quite a few people at Slashdot).

> Van: Kevin Bowen <kevin@ucsd.edu>
> 
> Which kernel version do you mean? I'm using the latest redhat-anointed
> kernel release, though of course I realize thats probably a bit behind
> the actual latest kernel.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> [mailto:mythtv-dev-admin@snowman.net]On Behalf Of Henk Poley
>>> Van: Johann Klemmack <klemmack@earthlink.net>
>>>
>>> Heh - weird.  I have an Athlon 1700+ and I can NOT get jitter-free
>>> mpeg4 at 640x480.  I have a GeForce4 MX420 card, 512 RAM, off a VIA
>>> chipset with an ATA100 harddrive, and WinTV.  Everything is running off
>>> of Redhat 8.0 (b/c I'm a slacker).  I have DMA enabled for the
>>> harddrive access, but trying to run mpeg4 at all pretty much peaks out
>>> my processor.
>> 
>> Try upgrading your kernel, the newest one has fixed some excessive CPU
>> usage when using IDE drives. Please report of it fixed it (!)