[vdr] Re: vdr hogging cpu while using mplayer plugin

[s.huelswitt@gmx.de (Stefan Huelswitt)]

On 30 Jun 2003 Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Stefan Huelswitt wrote:
> 
>> On 30 Jun 2003 Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > For some reason when I play video files using the mplayer plugin the vdr
>> > processes go wild and hog a lot of cpu (even 98%). If I use -vo mga to
>> > show the video on the big screen the video plays fine (mplayer cpu usage
>> > is low anyway), but if I use -vo dxr3 the video goes jerky.
>>
>> Which VDR thread hogs the cpu?
> 
> Well, it seems that sometimes its just one thread and sometimes two using
> even amounts of cpu. I can investigate further if you think it would be
> valuable.

Yes, may be we can prevent this.

>> Did I understand correctly, that you are using the dxr3 as
>> primary device?
> 
> Yes. Of course, when I play something with mplayer -vo mga, dxr3
> shouldn't even be doing anything. :)

Yes, but the mplayer plugin was developed and tested with a
fullfeatured DVB card. Can't say which side effects the dxr3
causes (obviously some).

-- 
Stefan Huelswitt
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