CPU usage at 100% when playing avi files?

[Lee Braiden]

On Saturday 17 September 2005 16:09, Anthony Dean wrote:
> Related to my original question about avi playback, I was wondering if
> it's normal for CPU usage to be at 100% when playing avi files, and if
> not, is there any way to fix this? At 100% usage, the image in playback
> becomes choppy and often sticks or stops (while the audio continues to
> play for a bit longer); alternatively, the audio will become silent
> while the image plays in a choppy manner. Using totem-xine or gxine;
> computer specs: 2.4 ghz Celeron processor, 256 MB RAM,
> onboard/integrated video and audio. Using Hoary Hedgehog version of
> Ubuntu.

Make sure your video driver is capable of using XV video acceleration, and tha 
the player is actually using it.  Enable DMA for your drives, and check with 
top that nothing else (i.e., another program) is actually using the CPU.  I 
hear that xine has a test program that checks your setup -- you might want to 
try that.

-- 
Lee Braiden
http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com
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