Re: [Freevo-devel] Python-2.6.1 adventures

2009-01-26 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 19:50 +0100, Duncan Webb wrote: > The first stop-stopper is that the CPU usage is very high when freevo is > idle. > > Wonder if anyone knows how to find out what the problem could be? > Profiling the code also crashes, so that didn't help much. There's no substitute for a w

[Freevo-devel] Python-2.6.1 adventures

2009-01-26 Thread Duncan Webb
Hi all, I've been examining how Freevo-1 is running under Python-2.6.x. The first stop-stopper is that the CPU usage is very high when freevo is idle. Wonder if anyone knows how to find out what the problem could be? Profiling the code also crashes, so that didn't help much. The next problem is

Re: [Freevo-devel] [Freevo-users] Hardware for Freevo 2 (was: Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement)

2009-01-26 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 08:54 +, Stephen Rowles wrote: > The case I linked before from Hiper was the only reason I was "allowed" to > have a media centre PC in the first place. Nice. Does the wife allow you to have an A/V receiver? :) Those tend to be much bulkier. > uATX is fine and will fi

Re: [Freevo-devel] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-26 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 10:20 +, Adam Charrett wrote: > Thankfully I do have a PCI slot spare so I'm hoping that if I do need a > new card a Geforce 6xxx will be up to the task for freevo 2 and SD video. I didn't know you could get a 6000 series in PCI. It _might_ be workable. I'd certainly be

Re: [Freevo-devel] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-26 Thread Jason Tackaberry
Hi James, On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 23:04 -0800, James Trietsch wrote: > the survey: How many people are running Freevo as part of their > ordinary PC (I.E., second display/head while having their X desktop on > the primary) and how many are using a stand-alone box, hooked up to > the living room TV (

Re: [Freevo-devel] Please Read: Making Python 2.5 a requirement

2009-01-26 Thread Adam Charrett
On Mon, January 26, 2009 7:04 am, James Trietsch wrote: > Well, this is a bit of a wet blanket. I'd like to add a question to the > survey: How many people are running Freevo as part of their ordinary PC > (I.E., second display/head while having their X desktop on the primary) > and how many are us