[vlc] VLC CPU usage Linux vs Windows

fotos at korps-uto.ch fotos at korps-uto.ch
Sun Mar 27 23:42:00 CEST 2011


hi

short answer is: under windows most work was done by you graphiccard.
This is possible with Linux as well, but you 'll need the latest drivers & kernel for your hardware.

regards

Am 25.03.2011 01:20, schrieb Alexander Panzhin:
>   I did some testing of WebM vs H.264 decode with VLC. Now can anyone
> explain why my desktop running Linux was beaten by my netbook running
> Windows XP ad CPU utilisation when watching WebM and H.264 encoded video?
>   My desktop is Athlon X2 2.1GHZ Ubuntu 10.10 and netbook is first gen Atom
> N270 1.6GHz Windows XP. Netbook used 25% CPU while desktop used 50% CPU(50%
> of one core).
>   Can anyone explain? Or point me to an explanation?
> 
> 
> 
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