[ILUG] amaroK and CPU usage

[Justin Mason]

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Niall O Broin writes:
> I just started using amaroK and first impressions were favourable - I 
> like the UI, and having installed the appropriate "Multimedia Option 
> Pack" under SuSE 9.3 it plays MP3 files, which is a damn handy thing 
> for a media player to do.
> 
> However, it is just south of absurd for an MP3 player to take 90% of 
> CPU on an AMD 64 3200+. Its hunger for CPU is in the FAQ and there is 
> discussion about using different engines. However, as it is on my SuSE 
> box there engine option was blank, and the only choice was aKode. I 
> selected this and it made no difference, so I suspect it may already  
> have been using that.
> 
> Do any of you have experience with tuning amaroK for reduced CPU usage, 
> specifically on SuSE 9.3?

nope, but I would recommend JuK instead ;)   It's excellent at
dealing with a large mp3 collection and handling playlists -- the
best UI I've used in an mp3 player.

- --j.
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