Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-12 Thread Davyd McColl
On January 12, 2019 12:00:43 PM Dale wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a fair

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-12 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare > wrote: > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: > Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has > a fair resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-12 Thread J. Roeleveld
On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: >> Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a >fair >> resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount of CPU power >as >> Smplayer. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-12 Thread Andrew Udvare
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: > Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a fair > resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount of CPU power as > Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even with the same video. It > appears that

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-11 Thread Dale
Andrew Udvare wrote: >> On 2019-01-12, at 00:00, Dale wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> As some know, I recently bought a video card. While not the most modern >> thing, it is a lot faster than my old one. I have a question tho. When >> I'm watching TV and playing a video with Smplayer, high

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-11 Thread Dale
Davyd McColl wrote: > > > On January 12, 2019 7:00:19 AM Dale wrote: > What X driver are you using? Nouveau or the proprietary nvidia one? > Your glxinfo suggests neither and you should get way higher fps with > glxgears on either, but most especially with the proprietary one. > Personally, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-11 Thread Dale
Andrew Udvare wrote: >> On 2019-01-12, at 00:00, Dale wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> As some know, I recently bought a video card. While not the most modern >> thing, it is a lot faster than my old one. I have a question tho. When >> I'm watching TV and playing a video with Smplayer, high

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-11 Thread Davyd McColl
On January 12, 2019 7:00:19 AM Dale wrote: Howdy, As some know, I recently bought a video card.  While not the most modern thing, it is a lot faster than my old one.  I have a question tho.  When I'm watching TV and playing a video with Smplayer, high resolution or a medium resolution, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-11 Thread Andrew Udvare
> On 2019-01-12, at 00:00, Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > As some know, I recently bought a video card. While not the most modern > thing, it is a lot faster than my old one. I have a question tho. When > I'm watching TV and playing a video with Smplayer, high resolution or a > medium

[gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

2019-01-11 Thread Dale
Howdy, As some know, I recently bought a video card.  While not the most modern thing, it is a lot faster than my old one.  I have a question tho.  When I'm watching TV and playing a video with Smplayer, high resolution or a medium resolution, it seems to use a good bit of CPU power.  I notice in