[MPlayer-users] CPU usage ?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> A quick question that I seem unable to find an answer to in the docs....
> 
> Why does mplayer use 80-90% of cpu power when decoding a movie to vesa with
> vsync enabled and only 20-30% with vsync disabled? I got the measurements
> from top, so it might not be very accurate :) But it would be nice with some
> info on this.
> 
> Is mplayer busywaiting to perform the vsync? (Not likely)
yes. no other way unless you implement kernel driver (with card specific IRQ
handler) for it.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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