On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Paul Sijben <p...@sijben.net> wrote: > Update: the 3400 runs at 2.7Ghz. Do not know why /proc/cpuinfo reports it > as 800MHz. >
Not sure about the ATI card, I use a NVIDIA, As for /proc/cpuinfo, It will read the speed the CPU is currently running at, not the max speed. AMD chips are actually pretty good about scaling, so when idle they tend to slow down to reduce heat and save power. For example, I have a Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0 Ghz, dual core) in my main freevo box, but it is reading 1 Ghz for cpu speed right now. With cpufreq-set, you can adjust the cpu speed at will. For example, I run Hulu Desktop with Freevo (using a fxd command file). Since Hulu seems to take a lot of processing power and sometimes the cpu doesn't scale up fast enough, I now start hulu with this script: cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 3.0GHz cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 3.0GHz /usr/bin/huludesktop cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 1.0GHz cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 1.0GHz Basically, the first two commands set my cpu frequency for each core to their max (3.0 Ghz), then I run hulu. When it exits, I set the frequency back to the minimum 1 Ghz and let the standard governor take over. Try cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor to see what your current governor is, or cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors to see the available ones. I use userspace, which then lets me use powernowd (you have to install it separately). It seems to be decent. Anyway, you might try setting the governor to performance or just setting the cpufreq to maximum before trying a video and see if that helps your tearing problem. You probably want the cpu to idle lower when not in use, but it might at least give you an idea if your issue is your cpu not running at full speed. Preston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
