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<blockquote data-quote="Sinbe" data-source="post: 655544" data-attributes="member: 62129"><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 1.1.0.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: X-Factor</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Windows 7</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel C2D 3GHz</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: Samsung SATA</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2*2Gb OCZ DDR2 1000MHz</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Gigabyte P35-DS3</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: ATI HD4850</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Catalyst 10.8</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Creative X-Fi</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Technotrend C-1500</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: DVB-C</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: 5.0.1.8 BDA</p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: FFDshow</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: FFDshow</p><p><strong>h.264 Video Codec</strong>: FFDshow</p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: </p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: </p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: </p><p></p><p>TV Service uses a lot of CPU at intervals of six to seven seconds. The same happens whenever TV service is on, regardless of what it seems to be doing. When I watch TV on MP I get those spikes, when I close MP completely I get the same spiking. If I set the affinity so that the TV service can only run on one core, it uses 100% of that core every six to seven seconds, while running on two cores, it takes about 50% from each. Those spikes cause videos to stutter if I use filtering that needs a lot of CPU power like framerate doubling.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone else have this behavior and/or any idea what's causing it? I don't know how long I've had the problem, because I just recently discovered it when trying to figure out what was causing the stuttering. I didn't find anything useful in the logs, but I can post some of them if you think they can help out. All I can see in the logs are the EPG grabbing, but nothing periodical that would occur ten times a minute.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I also tested driver version 5.0.3.1 and the same spiking still happens. Only difference is that with these drivers I get no signal at all.</p><p></p><p>Edit 2: Reinstalling the tv service seems to have fixed the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinbe, post: 655544, member: 62129"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.1.0.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: X-Factor [b]Windows Version[/b]: Windows 7 [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel C2D 3GHz [b]HDD[/b]: Samsung SATA [b]Memory[/b]: 2*2Gb OCZ DDR2 1000MHz [b]Motherboard[/b]: Gigabyte P35-DS3 [b]Video Card[/b]: ATI HD4850 [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Catalyst 10.8 [b]Sound Card[/b]: Creative X-Fi [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Technotrend C-1500 [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: DVB-C [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: 5.0.1.8 BDA [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: FFDshow [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: FFDshow [b]h.264 Video Codec[/b]: FFDshow [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: [b]Remote[/b]: [b]TV[/b]: [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: TV Service uses a lot of CPU at intervals of six to seven seconds. The same happens whenever TV service is on, regardless of what it seems to be doing. When I watch TV on MP I get those spikes, when I close MP completely I get the same spiking. If I set the affinity so that the TV service can only run on one core, it uses 100% of that core every six to seven seconds, while running on two cores, it takes about 50% from each. Those spikes cause videos to stutter if I use filtering that needs a lot of CPU power like framerate doubling. Does anyone else have this behavior and/or any idea what's causing it? I don't know how long I've had the problem, because I just recently discovered it when trying to figure out what was causing the stuttering. I didn't find anything useful in the logs, but I can post some of them if you think they can help out. All I can see in the logs are the EPG grabbing, but nothing periodical that would occur ten times a minute. Edit: I also tested driver version 5.0.3.1 and the same spiking still happens. Only difference is that with these drivers I get no signal at all. Edit 2: Reinstalling the tv service seems to have fixed the problem. [/QUOTE]
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