[mythtvnz] Multiseat Myth?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brett Miller 
To: MythTV in NZ 
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Multiseat Myth?


>After closer observation (still limited) for decoding two streams with two Myth FEs ..

>Think that one stream is being decoded by vpdau & the other by main CPU (65% load).
>So does not work..
>Might try two completely different applications in case there is an inter-dependancy between two Myth FE.



>On 16/03/2010 8:43 p.m., Brett Miller wrote: 
>The 9400GT (twin head card) seems to manage decoding two streams of TV3 HD material using two instances of myth FE.
>One display is driven 1080i, the other is GPU scaled down 1440x900.
>Myth0.22-JYA & nVidia 195 driver.

>There doesn't seem much of a deterimental effect, I'll let it run for some hours..
>The latest code (last couple weeks) does seem have better playback (smoother playback, no pregnant pauses).

Out of interest were you running separate X sessions?  How much video RAM?  CPU spec?