High CPU load with AIGLX when watching tv or movie

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 02:32:33PM +0200, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using testing with latest nvidia driver (graphics card is Ge6600 and CPU
> is Barton 2500+) and I'm playing around with AIGLX and compiz. I observed
> that the CPU usage is much higher when using compiz than without it. For
> example tvtime uses the CPU around 10% and bellow without compiz and 45-50%
> when using compiz, similar is the situation in case of mplayer: 5% and
> bellow without compiz and 25-30% with compiz when watching a movie. Do you
> know a trick to eliminate this or should I resign myself until some
> improvements will be done? Would be worth trying beryl?

Sorry for my ignorance but what is compiz? I run Etch amd64 (Athlon
3800+, 1 GB ram) with the nvidia driver and watch DVDs with VLC with
blended deinterlace. Great image quality an 97% idle. With the nv
driver I get poorer picture and 94% idle.

So what is it you're resigning yourself to?

Doug.

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On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 14:32 +0200, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> I'm using testing with latest nvidia driver (graphics card is Ge6600
> and CPU is Barton 2500+) and I'm playing around with AIGLX and compiz.
> I observed that the CPU usage is much higher when using compiz than
> without it. For example tvtime uses the CPU around 10% and bellow
> without compiz and 45-50% when using compiz, similar is the situation
> in case of mplayer: 5% and bellow without compiz and 25-30% with
> compiz when watching a movie. Do you know a trick to eliminate this or
> should I resign myself until some improvements will be done? Would be
> worth trying beryl?

Could this be because you are using non-accelerated video playback (x11
in mplayer) instead of the accelerated one (xv)?

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