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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Copyright 2007-2009 Robert ("Bob") Igo of StormLogic, LLC and mythic.tv.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+use Switch;
+use Tweaker::Script;
+package Tweaker::Script;
+
+set_known_options( 'low', 'medium', 'high' );
+
+# These values are in BOGOMIPS. They are arbitrary and will be refined, if possible,
+# as more data is collected. Obviously, BOGOMIPS are not the best CPU benchmarking
+# tool.
+my $rrd_threshold = 1650; # bogomips at or below this mean rrdtool is too much of a strain
+#my $rrd_threshold = 3365;
+
+my $low_threshold = 2500;
+my $medium_threshold = 4050;
+my $high_threshold = 7400;
+
+# Poll the system to find the CPU type. Currently, we use bogomips (the bogosity of which
+# is in the name itself) to guess how powerful the CPU is.
+sub get_CPU_strength {
+ my $bogomips=0;
+ my @results = split("\n", execute_shell_command("cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep bogomips"));
+ foreach my $result (@results) { # Count the bogomips for each core. Again, this is rough.
+ if ($result =~ /bogomips\s*:\s*(\d+.\d+)/) {
+ $bogomips+=$1;
+ }
+ }
+ return $bogomips;
+}
+
+# ??? Need to test for storage groups and LVM
+# Specific to KnoppMyth
+sub get_HDD_size {
+ my @HDD_info = split(" +", execute_shell_command("df -h /myth | grep myth"));
+
+ chop($HDD_info[1]);
+ return($HDD_info[1] || 0);
+}
+
+#sub disable_rrdtool {
+#
+#}
+
+# Edit mplayer.conf to tell mplayer to drop video frames when necessary. This should do no harm
+# on systems that don't need the option, and it should make video watchable on those that do.
+sub edit_mplayer_conf {
+ use vars qw($mplayer_conf);
+ $mplayer_conf = "/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf";
+
+ # delete any old entries that Tweaker made, relevant to this particular edit
+ my $delete_old_tweaker_edits = "[ -e $mplayer_conf ] && sed -i '/^.*hardframedrop.*=.*#TWEAKER/d' $mplayer_conf";
+ # comment out old entries that some other process may have made
+ my $comment_out_external_edits = "[ -e $mplayer_conf ] && sed -i 's/^\\(hardframedrop.*=.*\\)/#\\1/g' $mplayer_conf";
+ my $command1;
+ my $command2="";
+ my $logger = get_logger('tweaker.script');
+
+ if (my $error = execute_shell_command("$delete_old_tweaker_edits && $comment_out_external_edits")) {
+ $logger->error("ERROR: $error");
+ $logger->error("ERROR: Unable to implement option $option.");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+
+ $command2 = "echo -e 'hardframedrop=true #TWEAKER' >> $mplayer_conf";
+ if (my $error = execute_shell_command($command2)) {
+ $logger->error("ERROR: $error");
+ $logger->error("ERROR: Unable to implement option $option.");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+
+ $logger->info("Edited $mplayer_conf to drop video frames when CPU is overloaded.");
+}
+
+# Try to implement the given option.
+sub implement_option {
+ my($option) = @_;
+
+ # ??? This will need some work to properly integrate with MythTV 0.21's own CPU-based playback settings.
+ # For now, set profile to CPU++ no matter what CPU type, and just change what CPU++ provides.
+
+ $dbconnectionstring = get_mythtv_connection_string();
+
+ if (connect_to_db("DBI:mysql:$dbconnectionstring")) {
+ switch ($option) {
+ case "low" {
+ change_or_make_setting('AutoCommflagWhileRecording', '0') || exit -1;
+ change_or_make_setting('Theme', 'Iulius') || exit -1; # Low eye candy, high performance
+ #change_or_make_setting('PreferredMPEG2Decoder', 'libmpeg2') || exit -1; # Least CPU usage, lowest quality
+ #change_or_make_entry("displayprofiles", [["pref_decoder", "libmpeg2"]], [["profilegroupid", "1"], ["profileid", "1"]]) || exit -1; # Least CPU usage, lowest quality
+ change_or_make_setting('DefaultVideoPlaybackProfile', 'CPU--') || exit -1; # best playback defaults for weak hardware
+ # Should libmpeg2/ffmpeg be triggered based on CPU type? libmpeg2 is usually
+ # recommended for AMD CPUs.
+ # ??? when to use xvmc?
+
+ # Weak CPUs may actually be too weak to run rrdtool without causing problems.
+# if (get_CPU_strength() <= $rrd_threshold) {
+# disable_rrdtool();
+# }
+ }
+ case "medium" {
+ change_or_make_setting('AutoCommflagWhileRecording', '1') || exit -1;
+ change_or_make_setting('Theme', 'LinHES') || exit -1; # Moderate eye candy, moderate performance
+ #change_or_make_setting('PreferredMPEG2Decoder', 'libmpeg2') || exit -1; # Least CPU usage, lowest quality
+ #change_or_make_entry("displayprofiles", [["pref_decoder", "libmpeg2"]], [["profilegroupid", "1"], ["profileid", "1"]]) || exit -1; # Least CPU usage, lowest quality
+ change_or_make_setting('DefaultVideoPlaybackProfile', 'CPU+') || exit -1; # best playback defaults for average hardware
+ # ??? when to use xvmc?
+ }
+ case "high" {
+ change_or_make_setting('AutoCommflagWhileRecording', '1') || exit -1;
+ # ??? Interacts with screen aspect ratio
+ change_or_make_setting('Theme', 'LinHES') || exit -1; # Moderate eye candy, moderate performance
+ #change_or_make_entry("displayprofiles", [["pref_decoder", "ffmpeg"]], [["profilegroupid", "1"], ["profileid", "1"]]) || exit -1; # Most CPU usage, best quality
+ #change_or_make_setting('PreferredMPEG2Decoder', 'ffmpeg') || exit -1; # Most CPU usage, best quality
+ change_or_make_setting('DefaultVideoPlaybackProfile', 'CPU++') || exit -1; # best playback defaults for powerful hardware
+ # ??? when to use xvmc?
+ }
+ }
+ change_or_make_setting('UseXvMcVld', '0') || exit -1;
+ #change_or_make_entry("displayprofiles", [["pref_deint0", "onefield"]], [["profilegroupid", "1"], ["profileid", "1"]]) || exit -1; # Most CPU usage, best quality
+ change_or_make_setting('OSDTheme', 'blootube-osd') || exit -1;
+ change_or_make_setting('PlayBoxShading', '0') || exit -1;
+ change_or_make_setting('PlaybackExitPrompt', '2') || exit -1;
+ #edit_mplayer_conf(); # This was found to cause temporary picture freezing when skipping forward through playback, followed by out-of-sync audio and video
+ } else {
+ exit -1;
+ }
+ disconnect_from_db();
+}
+
+# Try to get a Recommendation Level for $option.
+sub poll_options {
+ my($option) = @_;
+
+ threshold_test($option, get_CPU_strength(), "CPU", $low_threshold, $medium_threshold, $high_threshold);
+}
+
+# Unimplemented in 0.7
+sub check_option {
+ help;
+}
+
+# Unimplemented in 0.7
+sub count_iterations {
+ help;
+}
+
+process_parameters;