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indianahorst

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 133

High cpu load with Audacious and some radio streams

Hello,

I use Audacious for playing radio streams. Since some days I notice a high cpu load, when playing certain streams via Audacious. Example:

http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/media/mp3/funkhaus-europa.m3u

When playing this stream, cpu load rises to 50% and cpu frequency jumps to the maximum.
But this isn't produced by the Audacious process but by Xorg!

When playing other streams, Audacious and Xorg behave completely normal. But it is indeed a problem related to Audacious, because when this stream is played via VLC there is no unusual cpu usage.

Does anybody notice this behaviour?

Thanks!

Radioactiveman

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-13

Posts: 389

Re: High cpu load with Audacious and some radio streams

I cannot notice a much higher CPU load than with other files, but it decreases significantly when the info bar visualizations are disabled (menu item "View").

indianahorst

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 133

Re: High cpu load with Audacious and some radio streams

I cannot notice a much higher CPU load than with other files, but it decreases significantly when the info bar visualizations are disabled (menu item "View").

Do you use Audacious with GTK Interface or with classic interface? I noticed that cpu load decreases significantly when switching to classic interface (Audacious uses circa 20-22% cpu) . Switching back to GTK interface let step up the cpu frequency to maximum and load is - as already described - between 50 and 60%.

Switching off visualisations in GTK interface changes very little, its perhaps 2-3% cpu load less.

Radioactiveman

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-05-13

Posts: 389

Re: High cpu load with Audacious and some radio streams

I am using the GTK interface.