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Re: High CPU load with AIGLX when watching tv or movie



On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 14:32 +0200, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> I'm using testing with latest nvidia driver (graphics card is Ge6600
> and CPU is Barton 2500+) and I'm playing around with AIGLX and compiz.
> I observed that the CPU usage is much higher when using compiz than
> without it. For example tvtime uses the CPU around 10% and bellow
> without compiz and 45-50% when using compiz, similar is the situation
> in case of mplayer: 5% and bellow without compiz and 25-30% with
> compiz when watching a movie. Do you know a trick to eliminate this or
> should I resign myself until some improvements will be done? Would be
> worth trying beryl?

Could this be because you are using non-accelerated video playback (x11
in mplayer) instead of the accelerated one (xv)?

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