I've just noticed something further on this. If I leave OpenShot idle, but with the playback marker on a video clip, the CPU runs high as described above (around 68%)
If I leave the playback marker on an area where there is no video, and no audio, CPU drops to around 8-12% Yet in either case I would expect it to be doing nothing ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot Bugs, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072757 Title: High CPU consumption when idle Status in OpenShot Video Editor: New Bug description: Even when OpenShot is doing nothing, the system monitor shows it using a large amount of CPU 1) Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 2) DEB 3) OpenShot 1.4.0 4) MLT melt 0.7.7 5) n/a To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/1072757/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

