[mythtv-users] High CPU Usuage

MacNean C. Tyrrell dardack at nycap.rr.com
Thu Aug 26 07:43:00 EDT 2004


Bruce Markey wrote:

> MacNean C. Tyrrell wrote:
>
>> MacNean C. Tyrrell wrote:
>>
>>> So when i boot my system everything is fine and dandy, but over time 
>>> mythfrontend seems to use a lot of CPU.  I have a celeron 2gig and a 
>>> pvr250.  The back end while recording uses very little.  But as soon 
>>> as mythfrontend starts it's using between 19-22% of the cpu while 
>>> doing nothing.  If i watch a recording it starts another thread that 
>>> runs about 68%.  So i have two mythfrontend threads running using 90%, 
>>
>
> Well you didn't mention what version but there had been a bug
> not too long ago that caused the Playback Preview to run after
> you left the screen. Try going to Setup->TV Settings->Playback
> and uncheck "Display live preview of recordings" then restart
> mythfrontend.
>
> --  bjm
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Yea i came across that and did what you said before and it was still high. 

I ran it all nite and it has 35% idle right now, i'll let it run all day 
as it records and watches live tv.  I'll report back tonite.  If it's ok 
at that time it could be something else and i'll try to reproduce it.


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