Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 08:48:43
Message-Id: FD635FD3-2B65-42AB-BEA9-5F0907CE720C@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage by Andrew Udvare
1 On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare <audvare@×××××.com> wrote:
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4 >Sent from my iPhone
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6 >> On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
7 >> Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a
8 >fair
9 >> resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount of CPU power
10 >as
11 >> Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even with the same video. It
12 >> appears that it may be something besides the player.
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14 >You have to go into settings and make sure VDPAU is enabled. You need
15 >to enable the vdpau USE flag. I have it set globally.
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17 Also, for OpenGL, ensure "eselect opengl list" shows nvidia selected.
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20 Joost
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22 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>