[mythtv-users] Slow myth TV user interface on a fast machine

[Paul Mason]

On 01/10/2007, Kevin Page <mythtv-users-list at krp.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 15:45 +0100, Paul Mason wrote:
> > t'll play full-screen video at 1280x768 (which is the highest
> > resolution my TV with do) smoothly. Since I'm using it for SD
> > (Freeview in the UK) that's more than I need.
>
> I had my xorg.conf set for a resolution of 1920x1200 since that's the
> native resolution of my panel. MythTV menus were pretty laggy (I don't
> have a particularly great graphics card).
>
> As you point out, this is complete overkill for SD/Freeview.
>
> Whilst investigating other issues, I changed xorg.conf to 720x450 and my
> menus now zip along.
>
> (I'm not saying that particular resolution has significance - in my case
> I'm still fiddling with supported resolutions/refresh rates for my panel
> - but that Myth menus seem much quicker with lower resolutions. Which is
> obvious in hindsight, but I hadn't come across it in any documentation.)


Thanks for that. As a quick experiment I tried it with 800x600 and 640x480
both of which were significantly faster, but still not what I'd like.

I'm currently compiling mythtv with profiling support just to get a clearer
idea where it's spending its time.


-- 
Paul Mason
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