[mythtv-users] mp3anywhere stops working during playback

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 03 November 2003 20:40, Michael Beauregard wrote:
> Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> >Top-posting rearranged.
> >
> >On Monday 03 November 2003 11:20, Michael Beauregard wrote:
> >>Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> >>>On Sunday 02 November 2003 12:07, Michael Beauregard wrote:
> >>>>I have managed to get the x10 "mp3 anywhere" wireless remote
> >>>>working with lirc. It actually works fine with mythtv for
> >>>>navigating the menus and such. However, as soon as I start
> >>>>watching live tv or a recording mythtv no longer responds to the
> >>>>remote. I read a warning from lirc.org (
> >>>>http://www.lirc.org/html/technical.html#bugs ) explaining that
> >>>>heavy IDE activity can disable interrupts often enough to cause
> >>>>signal decoding problems with lirc_serial and lirc_parallel
> >>>>drivers. I'm not convinced that this is the problem since the
> >>>> lirc mp3anywhere driver doesn't seem to use lirc_serial.
> >>>>
> >>>>Has anyone else experienced this problem? Anyone find a fix for
> >>>> it? I've been scouring the web and mailing lists archives for a
> >>>> solution for a week now and I am stuck.
> >>>>
> >>>>BTW, here is my setup:
> >>>>Dual P3-450
> >>>>PVR-250
> >>>>Voodoo3 tv-out
> >>>>Soundblaster live
> >>>>MythTV 0.11
> >>>
> >>>Are you using Myth's native LIRC support, or irxevent?
> >>>
> >>>-JAC
> >>
> >>irxevent
> >
> >Hmmm... my guess is you either have a problem with your .lircrc, or
> > your system is too bogged down during playback (unlikely).  Can you
> > use the keyboard to control playback without problems?  And can you
> > post your .lircrc?
>
> Keyboard works no problem every time. My .lircrc is simply a modified
> version of Jarod's sample .lircrc that he uses for pvr250. It has a
> few changes to a few codes and such, but otherwise nothing
> interesting to me. If you still want to see it, let me know. BTW, I'm
> not sure how much CPU usage I should be seeing on a dual 450 with PVR
> 250, but one cpu is usually near 90% and the other near 40%. My
> impression from other posts is that people with comparable hardware
> are not seeing this much cpu usage during livetv. Maybe it has
> something to do with this.

Hmmm... 90% and 40%?  Is this all the time, or just during playback? 
What process(es) is/are using up so much CPU?  Better check to see if 
your Voodoo3 supports Xv and that you've got it configured properly... 
sounds like you might be doing software scaling, which could explain 
the hight CPU load.  You might need to fix your X setup, or get a new 
video card.

-JAC