100% cpu usage one front screen. (1 Viewer)

[skippy_nz]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC2 (2006-03-05)
MediaPortal Skin: mce
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Mpeg2Dec Filter
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 - 2.40GHz
Memory: 247 MB
Motherboard: 07E4h (Compaq)
TV Card Model: Hauppauge PVR150 MCE
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: ?
Video Card Model: Intel(r) 82845g/gl/ge/pe/gv Graphics Controller (64 MB)
Video Card Driver: ?
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: Overlay
Audio Card Model: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Audio Card Driver: ?
Synopsis::

100 % cpu when sitting on the main screen in media portal - appear to be able to watch tv ok but its laggy when trying to switch between that and watching a dvd etc. im still to get a 3d video card that will fit in this machine but other PVR apps dotn use 100% CPU


log below

11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. MediaPortal is starting up
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Set current directory to :C:\Program Files\MediaPortal
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   verify that directx 9 is installed
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   verify that windows mediaplayer 9 or 10 is installed
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. Windows media player version:10,0,0,3646 installed
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Check if mediaportal is already started
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   delete old log\capture.log file...
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Check skin version
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Set registry keys for intervideo/windvd/hauppauge codecs
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Load key mapping from keymap.xml
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Init playlist player
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   creating the WINLIRC device
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. Initialising WinLirc...
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. WinLirc window not found, starting WinLirc
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. Winlirc process not found
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   done creating the WINLIRC device
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   Init players
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m.   initializing DirectX
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. start fullscreen
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. ClientSize: 1024x768 screen:1024x768
11/03/2006 5:14:23 p.m. MAP: using default mappings for DirectInput
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m. texturemanager:dispose()
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m. TexturePacker:Dispose()
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m.   Load key mapping from keymap.xml
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m.   load localized strings from:language\English\strings.xml
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m.   Load fonts from skin\mce\fonts.xml
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m.   fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()
11/03/2006 5:14:24 p.m.   Loaded font:debug height:12 texture:256x256 chars:[32-255] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:25 p.m.   Loaded font:font10 height:13 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:25 p.m.   Loaded font:font12 height:16 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:25 p.m.   Loaded font:font13 height:17 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:25 p.m.   Loaded font:font14 height:18 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:25 p.m.   Loaded font:font16 height:21 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:25 p.m.   Loaded font:font18 height:24 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Loaded font:dingbats height:32 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Loaded font:font32 height:42 texture:256x256 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Loaded font:font48 height:64 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Loaded font:font72 height:96 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Loaded font:fontSVT height:17 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Load skin mce
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   LoadWindowPlugins()
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Load plugins from :plugins\windows\Dialogs.dll
11/03/2006 5:14:26 p.m.   Load plugins from :plugins\windows\WindowPlugins.dll
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m.   Loading references from skin\mce\references.xml
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m.   original skin size:720x576
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. using sqlite 3.2.8
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. StartImportXML: Initialize
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. StartImportXML: Initialize
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. StartImportXML: Initialize
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. opening tvdatabase
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. tvdatabase opened
11/03/2006 5:14:27 p.m. xml:skin\mce\tvOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m. xml:skin\mce\videoOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m.   Load plugins from :plugins\windows\XihSolutions.DotMSN.dll
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m.   WindowManager.Load
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m.   load calibration1024x768.xml
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m.   WindowManager.Preinitialize
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m. TexturePacker: Loaded skin\mce\packedgfx20.png texture:2048x2048 miplevels:1
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m. TexturePacker: fontengine add texure:199
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m.   texturemanager:added:skin\mce\media\black.bmp total:0 mem left:35651584
11/03/2006 5:14:28 p.m.   WindowManager.ActivateWindow
11/03/2006 5:14:29 p.m. xml:skin\mce\home.xml image id:1000 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
11/03/2006 5:14:29 p.m. window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
11/03/2006 5:14:29 p.m.   skin initialized
11/03/2006 5:14:29 p.m.   DX9 size: 1024x768
11/03/2006 5:14:29 p.m.   video ram left:34816 KByte
11/03/2006 5:14:30 p.m. running...
11/03/2006 5:14:30 p.m. Mediaportal.OnStartup()
11/03/2006 5:14:30 p.m. Recorder:    card:1 video device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture TV:True  record:True priority:10
11/03/2006 5:14:31 p.m.   PlugInManager.Load()
11/03/2006 5:14:31 p.m.   Load plugins from :plugins\process\ProcessPlugins.dll
11/03/2006 5:14:31 p.m.   PlugInManager.Start()
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. Mediaportal.OnExit()
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. Recorder:Stop all tuners
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. Recorder:Stop card:Hauppauge PVR150
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. TVCapture.Stop() Card:1
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. Commandprocessor stopped
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m.   PlugInManager.Stop()
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. PluginManager: stopping ProcessPlugins.DiskSpace.DiskManagement
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. PluginManager: stopping ProcessPlugins.DiskSpace.EpisodeManagement
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. PluginManager: stopping ProcessPlugins.DiskSpace.RecordingManagement
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. PluginManager: stopping ProcessPlugins.TVNotifies.NotifyManager
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. MediaPortal done
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. dbs:close:TVDatabaseV21.db3
11/03/2006 5:15:56 p.m. dbs:close:ProgramDatabaseV4.db3

 

[Callifo]

Until then we probably cant help you much, as you said, youll need another graphics card. Other apps dont have the problem because they dont use the same interface as MP do (directx).

 

[wortelsoft]

The bigest problem here is memory. You have 256 internal memory but your graphics card also eats away a far amount of this (is has no memory on its own). So I ques your harddrive is also going crazy. As it needs to swap memory pages from and to the harddrive.

So you need more memory first (an extra 256 would do fine)
Your onboard video is also only DX8 hardware compatible which also causes extra load for the processor, thus a DX9 compatible card is highly recomended.

 

[skippy_nz]

The bigest problem here is memory. You have 256 internal memory but your graphics card also eats away a far amount of this (is has no memory on its own). So I ques your harddrive is also going crazy. As it needs to swap memory pages from and to the harddrive.

So you need more memory first (an extra 256 would do fine)
Your onboard video is also only DX8 hardware compatible which also causes extra load for the processor, thus a DX9 compatible card is highly recomended.

ok - well im awaiting a new graphics cards which is the gigabyte FX5200 so hopefully that should help alot. but as for the hdd access - its not too bad, like the cpu was being used the same on the front screen that loads up as it was when watching live tv