On 10/15/05, Simpson, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Linford > > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:39 AM > > To: Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: OT: nVidia and XvMC? > > > > > > On 10/15/05, Brian Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, you really haven't said much about your setup outside > > of your Myth > > > hardware so this is probably way of the mark, but I figure > > it couldn't > > > hurt to mention. Anyway, is that Sempron 64 bit? And are > > you running > > > FC 3 64 bit as well as the NVidia 64 bit binary driver? If so, from > > > what I can tell on the nvnews.net linux forums, XVMC pretty > > much doesn't > > > work at all with the 64 bit driver. That said, if the 64 > > bit scenario > > > doesn't come into play for you, then please disregard. > > However, it does > > > sound eerily similar to what I was chasing for a short > > while trying to > > > get XVMC to work on my Athlon 64, so worth a shot in mentioning. > > > > > > > > The Sempron is 64bit capable, but I'm using the 32bit version of FC4, > > for the same reasons you mention above. Here's some more detail about > > my setup: > > > > * GIGABYTE GA-K8VM800M Socket 754 VIA K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard > > * GIGABYTE GV-N62128DE Geforce 6200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card > > * AMD Sempron 64 2500+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor Model > > SDA2500BXBOX > > * Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400, one stick > > * pcHDTV HD3000 > > * Hauppaguge PVR-150 > > > > Let me know if you need any more info. Thanks! > > > Can you ssh in from another workstation to see if your CPU is actually > pegging out and what processes might be hogging it? I found that enabling > commercial flagging while trying to play back a HD recording caused the > mythcommflag process to eat up about 45% of the CPU by itself, and pegging > everything at 95+%. I haven't had time to troubleshoot this, but presumably > mythcommflag has to decompress the stream to do its thing. At one point I > even saw TWO copies of mythcommflag running at about 45% each, resulting in > only about 1 in 50 frames getting to the TV. > > Richard. > ________
Well, when playing back anything HD (prerecorded or livetv), mythfrontend pegs about 90-95%, with mythbackend taking up the rest. mythcommflag isn't even running. SD content only takes about 10-15% CPU, btw Mark _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
