[mythtv-users] More XvMC data points

[Mark Chang]

On 11/29/06, Michael Tiller <michael.tiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just out of curiosity...when you say 65-75% CPU utilization, how is that
> partitioned between the X server and the frontend?  I ask because if I try
> and watch without XvMC on my system, the X server is something like 30% and
> the frontend is like 70%.  I'm wondering if this load on the X server can be
> avoided somehow.  Then I might have a chance to watch HD natively.

When I say 65% I mean mythfrontend takes that much. X is pretty
minimal *when things are working right*.

Occasionally, the X server will bust out 30-40% CPU load for no reason
and things will totally crap out in terms of HD playback. I have to
restart X (log out/log in) for it to get cleared up. I am chalking
this up to weird driver business. I will be upgrading from the 87xx
series in Ubuntu Edgy to the latest beta to see if it makes things
better.

Mark

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Mark L. Chang