> What makes you think an alsa process eats high cpu usage? You skipped a paragraph from my report:
> It's just easy to tell if an app/ALSA uses too much CPU if you just play some audio files > and you don't have anything else that might need the extra CPU power, > like rendering the video stream or render the graphics. I can fix the > high CPU usage in VLC if I switch the audio sub-device from the Default > to a specific one (in my case: Analog Front Speakers). /// > Can you post the tespective line with column > headers aou of htop or top please? Sorry... could you elaborate what you mean? What parameters should I start htop to get he info you need?