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first don't keep your hopes high.
second it works for me
third I have nvidia 7400 Go
fourth it supposedly works better for intel cards.
method:
create /etc/adobe
sudo mkdir /etc/adobe
create file
mms.cfg
with this content:
OverrideGPUValidation = 1
move file to /etc/adobe
that is all
in my case this decreased CPU usage from ~70% to 45%. Not bad though still far cry from windows.
references:
http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2008 … ile_1.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= … stcount=70
hope this will help
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Tried on youtube, fullscreen, same cpu usage:
first:
kokonicki@netbook ~ $ top -b|grep -i firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 399m 138m 37m S 95 13.9 3:55.62 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 399m 138m 37m R 106 13.9 3:58.85 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 425m 146m 37m D 110 14.7 4:02.22 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 151m 39m R 123 15.2 4:05.94 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 151 15.3 4:10.55 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m R 151 15.3 4:15.18 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m R 149 15.3 4:19.74 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 156 15.3 4:24.48 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 154 15.3 4:29.17 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 153 15.3 4:33.88 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m R 153 15.3 4:38.61 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 150 15.3 4:43.18 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m R 155 15.3 4:47.92 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 155 15.3 4:52.66 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 150 15.3 4:57.28 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m R 153 15.3 5:01.97 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 152m 39m S 151 15.3 5:06.57 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 151m 39m R 152 15.2 5:11.22 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 445m 151m 39m R 151 15.2 5:15.82 firefox
3149 kokonick 20 0 446m 151m 39m S 34 15.2 5:16.85 firefox
after (browser reloaded, same video):
4590 kokonick 20 0 368m 110m 38m R 98 11.1 0:31.68 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 400m 126m 38m R 102 12.7 0:34.82 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 408m 122m 37m R 133 12.2 0:38.88 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 408m 122m 37m R 149 12.3 0:43.40 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 408m 122m 37m R 152 12.3 0:48.07 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 409m 123m 37m S 146 12.4 0:52.52 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 409m 123m 37m R 150 12.4 0:57.13 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 409m 124m 37m R 156 12.5 1:01.88 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m R 154 12.5 1:06.56 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m S 150 12.5 1:11.13 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m S 150 12.5 1:15.69 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m R 156 12.5 1:20.48 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m S 146 12.5 1:24.94 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m S 155 12.5 1:29.65 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m R 152 12.5 1:34.29 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m R 150 12.5 1:38.88 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 124m 37m R 154 12.5 1:43.55 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 123m 37m R 149 12.4 1:48.07 firefox
4590 kokonick 20 0 410m 123m 37m S 105 12.4 1:51.27 firefox
Maybe it is because my intel card doesn't need it (945GME, without compositing).
Will try nvidia soon.
Last edited by kokoko3k (2010-04-25 09:17:48)
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CPU usage is high but videos on youtube are smoother
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Thanks for the tip, videos are now watchable on my laptop in firefox, before the sound would glitch out and video would be choppy. Had to use midori or opera. Ironically, midori videos seem to be slightly more choppy. This is the only tip I have ever seen despite google searches for this exact problem. I have a 1.5ghz celeron with 768mb ram. I am using ati driver for x200m card in my laptop. My cpu is high but performance is better. Thanks again!
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