[Cialug] load average+upgrade

Nathan C. Smith nathan.smith at ipmvs.com
Tue Jul 3 11:58:26 CDT 2007


>   Motion (the webcam app) is taking all the CPU (constantly at %75-%90
> CPU), the problem is there is too much work for the pokey old 
> K6-2 500.
>  The poor thing is capturing from 4 cameras and labeling and scaling
> them down.  It also does motion detection for security 
> (probably what is
> eating most of the CPU).

Are you using one of the capture cards that has a built-in processor?
Didn't realize you were capturing 4 cams!

-Nate


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