[mythtv-users] HD-PVR playback--high CPU usage

[Zach C]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The CPU on my Pentium dual core frontend is pegged and playback is
>> > unwatchable.
>
> SNIP
>
>>
>> >Are you using VDPAU? Pure software decoding of HD recordings does take a
>> > lot
>> of CPU.
>>
>> What (if any) de-interlacer are you using?
>
> SNIP
>
> Don't get mislead - You want your playback profiles set so that 720p does
> NOT use a de-interlacer.
>
> This may seam obvious but I was so frazzled trying to get it to work that
> was trying other peoples settings not taking into account that I'm not
> always playing interlaced content.
>
> -Johnny
>
Thanks for the tip.  I assumed it would not attempt to deinterlace
progressive scan content.  I'll check this setting as well.

Zach