On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:47:16 -0400 Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/09/2011 04:46 AM, Mauro Santos wrote: > > On 09-04-2011 02:12, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > > > >> PA buffers better than ALSA, or is supposed to, in any case. Of > >> course, if you're using its ALSA-emulation that's a moot point. AFAICR > >> (haven't had this problem for ages), CPU usage from PA is basically > >> caused by the resampling, which you can just modify to a simpler > >> method if you don't need the higher quality of the default (speex, I > >> believe). > > > > I have been using the ffmpeg resample method because of that, it uses > > less cpu, or seems to use less cpu here, and with my setup I cannot > > detect any loss in quality, but hey, it is a laptop and the analog audio > > path is not stellar so ymmv. > > > > > Hmm, I tried that, didn't seem to help. In fact it's super frustrating now > because VLC is back to use ~16% CPU again no matter what resample method I use > and what audio output option I choose. > > Also, does anyone know what is restarting pulseaudio after I --kill? Is it > gnome-shell? > I don't have Pulseaudio installed, yet, so I haven't tried it myself, but AFAIK you could try to start VLC with pasuspender wich will suspend PA as long as a given programm is running.
