[mythtv-users] EXTREMELY choppy video

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Mon Mar 14 20:23:18 UTC 2005


Christopher Ruppel wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't know if my problem was the same as yours but
> 0.17 was real choppy for me and turning off the option
> about something to do with increased priority for
> threads (I'm at work and I don't remember the exact
> name of the option) in the playback setup fixed it for
> me.  I believe that option requires mythfrontend to be
> set suid root which it was but for some reason that
> option was giving me problems.  I'm running a 2.6.10
> kernel.

I believe the option is 'Use realtime priority', which does require SUID 
on mythfrontend. I used it both ways with no change. Might work for Mark 
though.

Tom


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