[mythtv-users] Mythbackend high cpu?

[Tom Lichti]

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:
> Is anyone else seeing extremely high CPU usage on their backend when
> playing back *any* content on a remote front end? I just noticed that
> during playback, the CPU usage of my backend stays around 175-200% on
> a 2 x Dual core AMD system. I can't imagine what it would be doing
> other than just streaming the file, is anyone else seeing this, or can
> explain it?
>
> I am on close to current master:
>
> MythTV Version : v0.26-pre-629-g181641a-dirty
> MythTV Branch : master
> Network Protocol : 75
> Library API : 0.26.20120614-1
> QT Version : 4.6.3
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_backend
> using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_dvb
> using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_iptv
> using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd
> using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit
> using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_v4l2 using_v4l1 using_x11
> using_xrandr using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
> using_bindings_php using_mythtranscode using_opengl
> using_ffmpeg_threads using_live using_mheg using_libxml2

Hmmm....looks like it may have been a memory leak of some sort, I
started getting OOM killers and lots of swapping. I'll keep an eye on
it and see if it happens again.

Tom