[mythtv-users] Does 0.20 take a beefier machine?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 9, 2006, at 9:17 AM, White Joe wrote:

> I have been running Myth since late 0.17 on an A7N8X-E with a 2.8  
> AMD with 512MB of RAM.  First with one PVR-250, then when it came  
> out, a PVR-500 as well.  Aside from some occasional pixelation  
> during major CGI or all three tuners starting at once, its been  
> good.  In the last week, since I have upgraded to 0.20 and after a  
> complete wipe of the machine, I have noticed a lot of lag in menu  
> navigation.  Twenty seconds to open Watch Recordings, or ten  
> seconds to reach the exit question from the main menu.  These were  
> both zero to two second operations last week.
>
> So the question is, is this expected behavor for a FE/BE system of  
> this power running Myth 0.20?  Do I have a good excuse to buy more  
> hardware?
>
> Thanks,
> jw
Are you using OpenGL to render your menus? If so, are you using an  
OpenGL-enabled graphics card with OpenGL enabled?

Try switching to QT to render the menus and see if it fixed the  
problem. If so, figure out why you're not getting OpenGL on your card  
(if it should). 
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