I can confirm this in karmic - on opening, cpu goes through the roof for a while. Any interaction seems to take ages - even without playing music. (I mostly use it for managing podcasts).
** Changed in: banshee (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Banshee uses too much CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396268 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs