[email protected] wrote:
> Given that it runs for several hours sometimes with no issues it 
> would seem odd it would be a disk IO problem. The buffer pretty much 
> just sits there full until I start to see problems, and no amount of 
> stopping the video resolves the problem. Pause will refill the 
> buffer,  but once unpaused it almost instantly empties. Once it's 
> stuttering it doesn't recover. (at least over intervals of a half 
> hour or so, which should clearly resolve a buffering problem.
> 
> The system is WD Green Caviar drives, non-RAIDed. One single drive is 
> used exclusively for Myth. I get no SMART issues, or errors in 
> /var/log/messages.
> 
> If you have pointers for debug beyond what I've posted so far I'd 
> appreciate any insights.

When the mvpmc exhibits the problem, check the iowait percentage on the 
myth backend.  Using top should work.  The iowait percentage should be 
low to non-existent on a healthy system.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins

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