[mythtv-users] mythbackend is fricking frying my cpu
Cedar McKay
cedarmckay at mac.com
Thu Apr 10 10:45:04 EDT 2003
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>My settings are mpeg4, 640x480, 2200, max quality: 1, min quality: 3,
>quality between frames: 2, audio is uncompressed at 44100. When
>recording my processor is anywhere from 50% to 85%. This is with
>mythfrontend not loaded (i.e. not watching any video). vhq and v4mv
>settings disabled since my cpu can't keep up with them.
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These are not good settings as far as I can tell. The min/max quality
settings should really only be messed with by experts, and once you get
a feel for the system. I think it might even say something to this
effect in the help text that shows up when those sliders are highlighted
in setup. I don't think the quality settings work exactly like you
think they will work. As I understand it, the primary way for normal
users to affect quality is to change the resolution and bitrate. Try
this: Go back to defaults for your mpeg4 and rtjpeg settings. Give
watching a whirl with the defaults. Then mess with the resolution and
bitrate until you are happy. Then if you insist, work on the min/max
quality settings.
also make sure dma on your HD is set to 1
cedar
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