[vdr] Re: cpu load remains high when recording is finished

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Michael Reinelt wrote:
> 
> > when a recording starts the cpu load goes up to about 45%-55%. That's ok,
> 
> Well, I don't think it's ok. What CPU du you have? My EPIA M6000 (forgot
> about the CPU name now) goes up to 15%, but it's a very slow CPU (600 MHz)
> 
> > but when the recording is finished the cpu load stays at this level until
> > I manually switch to another channel.
> >
> > Is this the expected behavior?
> 
> Yes, it is. When recording, VDR enters a so called "transfer mode", and
> it does not leave it after the recording is finished. Transfer mode will
> be stopped if you switch channels.
> 
> I don't like this behaviour, too, because it prevents the EPG scan from
> running (if you do a late night recording, transfer mode stays active
> the whole night and maybe the next day, no EPG scan is done, no EPG data
> available, VDRadmin's AutoTimers will not work).

I will try to change this in 1.3.x, but then there will be a short glitch
in live viewing every time a recording ends on the primary device.

Klaus


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