Thanks for the tip ! Unfortunately, the nvidia kernel module in 6629 doesn't load in my kernel, known problem too (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113466 ). That's what made me go to ~amd64 on the nvidia driver in the first place.
However I went to seek middle ground and I emerged version 7676-r1. That one loads and it fixes my mythfrontend problem !! Playback is smooth and CPU is down to 15-20%, still a bit worse than mplayer, but quite acceptable.
Many thanks indeed
Vincent
On 12/26/05, Rick van der Mieden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Vincent,I did have almost the same problem. It's in the nvidia driver. The latest version is eating your cpu. Just un-install in and emerge the stable one from gentoo. This fixed it for me.* media-video/nvidia-glx
Latest version available: 1.0.6629-r6
Latest version installed: 1.0.6629-r6
Size of downloaded files: 16,116 kB
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/
Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries
License: NVIDIA* media-video/nvidia-kernel
Latest version available: 1.0.6629-r4
Latest version installed: 1.0.6629-r4
Size of downloaded files: 16,116 kB
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/
Description: Linux kernel module for the NVIDIA X11 driver
License: NVIDIARegardsRick
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Vincent Berger
Sent: maandag 26 december 2005 21:30
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mythtv-users] Choppy video, mythfrontend eating cpuI'm building my first myth box. I've got most of the stuff working but I have this lingering problem for which I'd appreciate some help.
Video playback is choppy, with lots of "prebuffering pauses". The CPU is pegged at 100%, all of it on mythfrontend according to top. It's the same whether I play live tv or a recording. If I play with mplayer instead (either live on /dev/video0 or a recording made by myth), it's all smooth with the CPU at < 10%, big difference ! Searching the archives, I found references to possible sound problems, but I don't think that's the case here, I've tried to cripple my sound artificially by pointing mythfrontend to an alsa device that doesn't exist (and saying OK to continue with no sound), and the problem remains, choppy video, high cpu (and no sound of course).
This is on an up-to-date gentoo, amd64 (Athlon 64 3000), 512MB, sata drive, PVR-150, video output to a CRT TV through S-Video on a cheap nVidia card. Latest nVidia driver (81.78), gentoo ebuild for mythtv (0.18.1-r1 ).
Any clue where to look ?
Thanks
Vincent
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