mpg321 alone ,uses +- 90% cpu time ,the other actives process ( 2 or 3) use the rest of the cpu time .
julien PS : I am using a 2.4.18 kernel compiled by myself and my soundcard is ( according toshiba ) a sb 16 with an ess688 chipset. On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 13:52, DEFFONTAINES Vincent wrote: > It's not normal at all IMO. > Can you try to run "top" when playing mp3 to see which process(es) use(s) > your CPU? > > Vincent > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Julien Motch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday 4 October 2002 13:43 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: high cpu usage when playing mp3's > > > > > > Hello everybody , > > > > I have just finished to install and configure a debian 3.0 > > which runs on > > a toshiba satellite 210C (Pentium 120Mhz ,16Mo RAM and 1Go HD ).I can > > use xfree3.3.6 or the 4.1.0 in 800x600 16 bits and my > > soundcard (chipset > > ess668 ) seems to work fine .But when I am playing mp3 in > > text mode with > > mpg321 the cpu usage is more or less 90% and sometimes the sound is > > scratchy .Do you think it is normal or do I have to better > > configure my > > system (I remember my first linux on a pentium 100Mhz and I > > was playing > > mp3 under X without any problem ) . > > > > Thanks to all , > > > > Julien > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
