[linux-audio-user] CPU temperature, mp3 decoding and sample rates

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 05:36:09PM +1100, Shayne O'Connor wrote:

> i'm regularly hitting a cpu temperature of 63 degrees just by playing
> back mp3's ...
 
> as a comparison, when doing real-time recording with jack, i can have a
> few clients, a vst plugin, and recording happening while never going far
> from about 65 degrees ...

MP3 decoding requires a lot of processing. Recording is just moving data
around, much of which is using DMA so even that's not all CPU intensive.

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