How to permanently set higher process priority in GUI

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 01:25 -0700, Tony Baechler - BATS wrote:
> Is there a way within the GUI to permanently set a particular program
> (in this case ffmpeg) to always run at the highest priority and access
> all available memory?

No.

The best you can do is a GUI method to set the niceness of a process.
Dunno about "all available memory".

Decreasing the niceness of a process requires root access, so any GUI
program that does it will need to be started as root or elevate its
permissions when needed (i.e., prompt for a root password or run sudo
and prompt for the user's password). The Ubuntu "Settings" program does
this, for example, for "User Accounts".

If you want to make a permanent change you will need to do something
along the lines of the various solutions I've described.

> I would need point 
> and click instructions for the user.  Remote access to the desktop is not an 
> option, but I can send him email or a link to follow.

If you can send him email you can send him scripts. Running scripts is
easy, even for a total neophyte. I honestly do not see what your problem
is with solving this neatly and forever, at the cost of half an hour
writing the scripts and half an hour on the phone to this guy.

Is the real problem here that you yourself do not know how to write
these scripts? Then ask for help!

Regards, K.

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