On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Duncan Webb wrote:
> Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> > the Celeron processor just didn't have enough grunt to run the dvb-t
> > stream and recording
> > so i'm back using the quad core with loads of RAM to run the tv
> >
> > Now, after some fiddling, the standard mplayer command does record for me
> > VCR_CMD = CONF.mplayer
> > + ' -dumpstream -dumpfile %(filename)s "dvb://%(channel)s"'
> > TV_RECORD_FILE_SUFFIX = '.ts'
> >
> > and I suspect the previous problem was a crash related to not enough cpu
> > and ram.
>
> I don't think you need much RAM or CPU to record .ts streams. Certainly
> with the IVTV driver (a .ps stream) the CPU usage while recording is 3%
> on my P3.
>
> You should ssh to the box and run "top" to see what is happening while
> recording, you should see the amount of RAM and the CPU usage for mplayer.
>
> Duncan
>
while it is not in use now, nothing happened.
I watched top carefully and mplayer died so fast I didn't usually see it
appear.
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