[mythtv-users] Choppy Playback

[Mark Beaver]

I'm not sure if that's it or not to be honest, I think (can't remember 
now with all the other tweaks I've done) I've tried the audio buffering 
and it improved a little but, but not greatly, I think it's the fact 
that I'm not using the acceleration on the video card.

Mark



John P. Mitchell wrote:

>Mark,
>
>   I have to set the following check box on all of my frontends for smooth
>playback of video that has been captured by my PVR-250s:
>
>Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> Extra audio buffering
>
>I do not know about the other question, I have paid little attention to
>which processes are running at any given time. Well, except when
>mythbackend  goes down because I fouled something up in the configuration.
>
>  
>
>>I have a 850 Mhz machine w/ 512 megs of ram and a 40 Gig hard drive.
>>
>>Recording is fine, that is done with a PVR 250, so I'm pretty sure it's
>>not
>>the video (but I could be wrong)
>>
>>It gets really choppy during playback, including when I'm watching live
>>tv,
>>the processor usage runs up to around 60-80%. And I'm curious about one
>>other thing, I see 2-5 mythfrontend processes running, and about the same
>>back end, is that normal?
>>
>>
>>
>>Mark
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