On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 22:25:27 -0600 JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/08/2010 07:57 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:35:19 -0600 JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello Ranjan, > >> I wrote about the pulseaudio taking 40% of cpu when nothing was playing. > >> The cause of this constant looping is a bug in the Adobe flash plugin. > >> Pulseaudio daemon listens on a socket FD for incoming audio. > >> Each client (such as the adobe flash plugin) is supposed to close > >> the socket after the media finishes playing. Well, the adobe flash plugin > >> does not close the socket, causing pulseaudio to be in a tight loop, > >> polling the socket and finding nothing to process. > >> > >> In contradistinction to the Adobe plugin, run > >> /usr/bin/ffplay -autoexit somefile.mp3 (or any media file). > >> While the file is being played, you will notice pulseaudio > >> take a lot of the CPU. Once ffplay exits and closes the audio > >> socket, pulseaudio will consume a very negligible amount > >> of cpu, approaching 0%. > > Interesting, but I do not have flash plugin installed. > > > > Ranjan > So, you do not watch any videos via the browser? > Because if you do, then you have to have some kind > of flash plugin. > Nope! Not on this (64-bit) machine. Ranjan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
