*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1170313 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170313
I also had pulseaudio eating about >20% of CPU 1 of 4 on I7 (Ubuntu 14.04 with the latest updated). Restarting Skype helped. befor restart skype: PID BENUTZER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1995 maik 9 -11 514944 10864 8408 S 21,9 0,3 4:06.51 pulseaudio 2358 maik 20 0 514424 160172 40548 S 10,3 4,0 2:06.04 skype after restart skype: both under 2% CPU regards maik -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1170299 Title: Pulseaudio: high CPU usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1170299/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs