Klaus Schmidinger wrote: ... >> I really would like to know what vdr (6943, see top) is doing exactly, >> but I don't know how - anyone who could give me a hint? If you'd like >> more information, please let me know. > > > You could start by consulting the log file to find out which thread > actually eats up the most CPU time. > > You can use > > ps -T u -C vdr > > to find out the thread's SPID and locate the corresponding "thread ... > started" > line in the log where it says "tid=nnn". root@linux:/downloads/vdr/1.3.38/vdr-1.3.38# ps -T u -C vdr USER PID SPID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND vdr 9709 9709 0.7 1.2 34268 11624 ? Ssl 18:34 0:00 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9710 48.2 1.2 34268 11624 ? Rsl 18:34 0:13 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9711 48.2 1.2 34268 11624 ? Rsl 18:34 0:13 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9713 0.0 1.2 34268 11624 ? Ssl 18:34 0:00 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9714 0.0 1.2 34268 11624 ? SNsl 18:34 0:00 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9715 0.0 1.2 34268 11624 ? Ssl 18:34 0:00 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9716 0.0 1.2 34268 11624 ? Ssl 18:34 0:00 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p vdr 9709 9717 0.0 1.2 34268 11624 ? Ssl 18:34 0:00 ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3 6 -p so they are two! Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: VDR version 1.3.38 started Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: switched to user 'vdr' Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: running as daemon (tid=9709) Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading plugin: ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-remote.so.1.3.38 Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading plugin: ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-dxr3.so.1.3.38 Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./sources.conf Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./diseqc.conf Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./channels.conf Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./svdrphosts.conf Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./keymacros.conf Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: reading EPG data from /video/epg.data searched tids --- Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: video directory scanner thread started (pid=9709, tid=9710) Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: video directory scanner thread started (pid=9709, tid=9711) --- searched tids Jan 15 18:34:03 linux vdr[9709]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 Jan 15 18:34:04 linux vdr[9709]: found 1 video device Jan 15 18:34:04 linux vdr[9709]: initializing plugin: remote (0.3.4): Remote control Jan 15 18:34:04 linux vdr[9709]: initializing plugin: dxr3 (0.2.5): Hardware MPEG decoder Jan 15 18:34:04 linux vdr[9709]: tuner on device 1 thread started (pid=9709, tid=9713) Jan 15 18:34:04 linux vdr[9709]: section handler thread started (pid=9709, tid=9714) Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: dxr3: configure: video mode: PAL Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: dxr3: configure: audio mode: analog Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: dxr3: intf: brightness=500,contrast=500,saturation=500 at init Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: setting primary device to 1 Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: device 1 has no MPEG decoder Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: trying device number 2 instead Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: setting primary device to 2 Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: SVDRP listening on port 2001 Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./themes/sttng-default.theme Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: starting plugin: remote Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: device /dev/input/event4: Budget-CI dvb ir receiver saa7146 (0) Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: remote: using '/dev/input/event4' Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: remote-event4: exclusive access granted Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: starting plugin: dxr3 Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: loading ./themes/sttng-default.theme Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: remote control remote-event4 - learning keys Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: dxr3: cSPUEncoder::Flush: OSD data size: 8741 Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: device /dev/input/event4: Budget-CI dvb ir receiver saa7146 (0) Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: DXR3 video output thread started (pid=9709, tid=9716) Jan 15 18:34:05 linux vdr[9709]: DXR3 audio output thread started (pid=9709, tid=9715) Jan 15 18:34:08 linux vdr[9709]: dxr3: cSPUEncoder::Flush: OSD data size: 8546 Now that they are identified, what should I do next? I can't see s.th. wrong with /video: root@linux:/# la /video/ total 20287988 drwxrwxr-x 17 vdr users 4096 Jan 15 17:21 . drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 Jan 14 15:19 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 vdr users 4096 Dec 9 20:18 Der_200-Jahre-Mann /video belongs vdr, as do _old_ recordings. The menue for recordings does not show my old recordings. BTW for the moment I start vdr from within my compile-dir vdr-1.3.38 with: root@linux:/downloads/vdr/1.3.38/vdr-1.3.38# ./vdr --config=. --lib=./PLUGINS/lib -d --no-kbd -l 3.6 -p 2001 --video=/video -w 60-u vdr -g vdr -P remote -P dxr3 thus the video-dir should be right? Do you have any guesses what my problem could be? What does the "video directory scanner thread" do? Kind regards, and thanks so far, Andr?
