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<blockquote data-quote="RonD" data-source="post: 1038485" data-attributes="member: 117536">I also use comskip and have problems using the recent versions. For me I get good acceptable results using comskip rev = 0.80.042. On my main MePo 1.5.0 win7 server, Ivybridge i5-3450 4-core 3.1 GHz, integrated HD2500 graphics/LAV, 5 ATSC tuner, I can do the following on a single seat Server/Client. This is with all comskip &quot;play_nice&quot; disabled, full speed.1. record 5 simultaneous 30 minute shows, auto-start 5 comskips at end of recordings2. record the next 5 simultaneous 30 minute shows3. while 5 comskips are running and 5 more shows are recording, watch a recorded show without any visible problems.When I've tried recent comskip versions I have major problems and can't use MePo client to watch a show with recording and comskip activity.With Win7 Task Manager and Resource Monitor I see the following for 0.80.042, comskip is running at low priority and comskip process does all disk reads with &quot;Background&quot; IO priority.With current comskip versions, 0.81.056, comskip runs at Normal priority and comskip disk reads are done with &quot;Normal IO&quot; priority. I've also found a way to use the stock comskip launcher plugin to start/run 0.81.056 at low priority but the disk traffic is still done at &quot;Normal IO&quot;. This helps but I still see problems with 5*recording, 5*comskip, and watching a show at the same time. I may try tweaking the &quot;play_nice&quot; options to see if that helps.Looking at the comskip release history <a href="http://www.kaashoek.com/files/readme.txt" target="_blank">http://www.kaashoek.com/files/readme.txt</a> there are a few interesting comments that may explain some of what is happening.Changes in 0.80.017- Set Comskip to THREAD_MODE_BACKGROUND_BEGIN priority to prevent the disk IO from blocking all other processesChanges in 0.81.013- Disabled the IO playnice to gain speed on multi core Windows 7 machines.I think I chose 0.80.042 since it was the last version that still did Background Disk reads. Not really sure what causes comskip problems but suspect the Normal vs Background IO Priority is part of the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RonD, post: 1038485, member: 117536"] I also use comskip and have problems using the recent versions. For me I get good acceptable results using comskip rev = 0.80.042. On my main MePo 1.5.0 win7 server, Ivybridge i5-3450 4-core 3.1 GHz, integrated HD2500 graphics/LAV, 5 ATSC tuner, I can do the following on a single seat Server/Client. This is with all comskip "play_nice" disabled, full speed. 1. record 5 simultaneous 30 minute shows, auto-start 5 comskips at end of recordings 2. record the next 5 simultaneous 30 minute shows 3. while 5 comskips are running and 5 more shows are recording, watch a recorded show without any visible problems. When I've tried recent comskip versions I have major problems and can't use MePo client to watch a show with recording and comskip activity. With Win7 Task Manager and Resource Monitor I see the following for 0.80.042, comskip is running at low priority and comskip process does all disk reads with "Background" IO priority. With current comskip versions, 0.81.056, comskip runs at Normal priority and comskip disk reads are done with "Normal IO" priority. I've also found a way to use the stock comskip launcher plugin to start/run 0.81.056 at low priority but the disk traffic is still done at "Normal IO". This helps but I still see problems with 5*recording, 5*comskip, and watching a show at the same time. I may try tweaking the "play_nice" options to see if that helps. Looking at the comskip release history [url]http://www.kaashoek.com/files/readme.txt[/url] there are a few interesting comments that may explain some of what is happening. Changes in 0.80.017 - Set Comskip to THREAD_MODE_BACKGROUND_BEGIN priority to prevent the disk IO from blocking all other processes Changes in 0.81.013 - Disabled the IO playnice to gain speed on multi core Windows 7 machines. I think I chose 0.80.042 since it was the last version that still did Background Disk reads. Not really sure what causes comskip problems but suspect the Normal vs Background IO Priority is part of the story. [/QUOTE]

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