14.07.2014 18:32, Clemens Eisserer ?????: > Hi, > > Same here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81288 > The pulseaudio-daemon consumes almost half the cycles skype uses for > audio+video+network, and 3 times the cycles the X-Server needs to > display the video. > > Considering the (compared to video) low data rates, I never thought > audio can actually be that expensive. According to the screenshot, the time is spent in the ppoll syscall. This rings a bell: your bug may be a duplicate of an already-fixed thing. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69711 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/commit/?id=fe346cadedd2a9b48fc36886c4a8d48f50302f07 Could you please try and see whether PulseAudio from git behaves better? -- Alexander E. Patrakov
