With UseEvents (720p)
Code:
top - 16:58:54 up 8 days, 54 min, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.42, 0.54
Tasks: 120 total, 1 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 22.8%us, 1.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 65.3%id, 9.5%wa, 0.2%hi, 1.2%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 902040k total, 888812k used, 13228k free, 944k buffers
Swap: 1959920k total, 17460k used, 1942460k free, 473964k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
16006 mythtv 0 0 313m 178m 70m S 41 20.3 7:16.18 mythfrontend
15961 root 0 0 168m 153m 49m S 7 17.4 0:39.10 Xorg
3617 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:11.45 nfsd
290 root 0 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:25.14 xfsdatad/0
3618 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:11.85 nfsd
3619 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:11.82 nfsd
3620 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:11.03 nfsd
11570 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:03.64 pdflush
1 root 0 0 2036 604 552 S 0 0.1 0:01.17 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 migration/0
3 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 migration/1
6 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
8 root 0 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.69 events/0
9 root 0 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.98 events/1
Without UseEvents (720p)
Code:
top - 17:01:13 up 8 days, 57 min, 1 user, load average: 1.60, 0.82, 0.66
Tasks: 119 total, 1 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 23.5%us, 6.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 57.3%id, 11.7%wa, 0.2%hi, 1.3%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 902040k total, 893728k used, 8312k free, 3376k buffers
Swap: 1959920k total, 17456k used, 1942464k free, 491088k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18273 mythtv 0 0 300m 162m 70m S 43 18.5 0:14.51 mythfrontend
18228 root 1 0 168m 153m 49m S 15 17.4 0:03.07 Xorg
3615 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:12.64 nfsd
3619 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:12.29 nfsd
3618 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:12.33 nfsd
3620 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:11.55 nfsd
3621 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:16.56 nfsd
3622 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:10.28 nfsd
1 root 0 0 2036 604 552 S 0 0.1 0:01.17 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 migration/0
3 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 migration/1
6 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
8 root 0 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.74 events/0
9 root 0 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.98 events/1
With UseEvents (1080i)
Code:
top - 17:09:42 up 8 days, 1:05, 1 user, load average: 2.55, 1.74, 1.13
Tasks: 120 total, 1 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 36.5%us, 1.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 55.8%id, 4.8%wa, 0.0%hi, 1.3%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 902040k total, 889764k used, 12276k free, 3284k buffers
Swap: 1959920k total, 17456k used, 1942464k free, 475040k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18875 mythtv 0 0 364m 225m 123m S 69 25.7 0:12.08 mythfrontend
18829 root 0 0 223m 203m 100m S 7 23.1 0:02.92 Xorg
3620 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:13.39 nfsd
3622 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:12.13 nfsd
3615 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:14.41 nfsd
3617 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:13.52 nfsd
3619 root 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 0.0 4:14.15 nfsd
3621 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:18.42 nfsd
24965 mythtv 0 0 288m 45m 13m S 0 5.1 2:16.66 mythbackend
18868 root 5 0 2328 1176 876 R 0 0.1 0:00.06 top
1 root 0 0 2036 604 552 S 0 0.1 0:01.18 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 migration/0
3 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 migration/1
6 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
Without (1080i)
Code:
top - 17:06:24 up 8 days, 1:02, 1 user, load average: 1.75, 1.23, 0.87
Tasks: 119 total, 1 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 33.4%us, 1.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 46.8%id, 17.1%wa, 0.2%hi, 1.2%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 902040k total, 893136k used, 8904k free, 1144k buffers
Swap: 1959920k total, 17460k used, 1942460k free, 474632k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18273 mythtv 0 0 365m 230m 123m S 62 26.2 1:15.62 mythfrontend
18228 root 0 0 223m 203m 100m S 6 23.1 0:19.38 Xorg
3617 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:12.92 nfsd
3615 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:13.70 nfsd
3616 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:11.22 nfsd
3618 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:13.55 nfsd
3619 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:13.26 nfsd
3620 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:12.71 nfsd
3621 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:17.76 nfsd
3622 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:11.37 nfsd
1 root 0 0 2036 604 552 S 0 0.1 0:01.17 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 migration/0
3 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 migration/1
6 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
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Now here is where it get's interesting...
With UseEvents (mpeg4 transcoded HD 720p)
Code:
top - 17:20:42 up 8 days, 1:16, 1 user, load average: 1.87, 2.46, 1.89
Tasks: 119 total, 1 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 9.5%us, 1.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 69.7%id, 17.3%wa, 0.0%hi, 1.8%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 902040k total, 892468k used, 9572k free, 3380k buffers
Swap: 1959920k total, 17456k used, 1942464k free, 495796k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
20058 mythtv 0 0 262m 124m 38m S 18 14.1 0:06.72 mythfrontend
20013 root 0 0 136m 122m 19m S 3 13.9 0:03.17 Xorg
3621 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:21.13 nfsd
3616 root 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0.0 4:14.28 nfsd
3618 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:16.61 nfsd
3615 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:16.95 nfsd
3617 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:15.89 nfsd
3619 root 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 0.0 4:16.70 nfsd
3622 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:14.77 nfsd
20148 root 15 0 2332 1180 876 R 0 0.1 0:00.02 top
1 root 0 0 2036 604 552 S 0 0.1 0:01.18 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 migration/0
3 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 migration/1
6 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
Without UseEvents (mpeg4 transcoded HD 720p)
Code:
top - 17:18:26 up 8 days, 1:14, 1 user, load average: 2.50, 2.76, 1.88
Tasks: 121 total, 3 running, 116 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie
Cpu(s): 11.1%us, 45.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 31.4%id, 10.3%wa, 0.2%hi, 1.8%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 902040k total, 893456k used, 8584k free, 1312k buffers
Swap: 1959920k total, 17460k used, 1942460k free, 492508k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
19269 root 24 0 138m 125m 22m R 95 14.2 0:28.42 Xorg
19314 mythtv 0 0 265m 129m 39m S 16 14.7 1:50.11 mythfrontend
3621 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 0.0 4:20.68 nfsd
3616 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:13.73 nfsd
3617 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:15.40 nfsd
3619 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:16.17 nfsd
3620 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:15.40 nfsd
3622 root 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 4:14.19 nfsd
19878 root 0 0 2332 1180 876 R 0 0.1 0:00.08 top
1 root 0 0 2036 604 552 S 0 0.1 0:01.18 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 migration/0
3 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 migration/1
6 root 0 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
8 root 0 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.81 events/0
As I transcode a lot of HD shows for size purposes, this last test is significant.