Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:31:39 -0700 Grant wrote: > Pre-converting sounds interesting. I could convert all of my 16/44.1 > files to 24/96 files? That way the CPU wouldn't be stressed at > playback time. How can I do that? I use libsamplerate "Best" for > resampling. Just use flac/lame/vorbis-t

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-13 Thread Grant
>> renice -20 -p `pgrep mpd` >> >> but my Athlon 2.2Ghz still can't handle it for more than a few >> seconds.  I don't have SMP enabled because of a bug in madwifi, and >> I'm hoping when I get that fixed I'll be able to run the best >> libsamplerate resampler.  Any other ideas for making this work

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 June 2009 06:30:56 Mike Kazantsev wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:02:00 -0700 > > Grant wrote: > > When I use the medium quality libsamplerate resampler with mpd, my CPU > > is around 15% and all is well. When I try to use the best quality > > resampler, the CPU stays around 99% an

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-12 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:45:02 -0700 Grant wrote: > renice -20 -p `pgrep mpd` > > but my Athlon 2.2Ghz still can't handle it for more than a few > seconds. I don't have SMP enabled because of a bug in madwifi, and > I'm hoping when I get that fixed I'll be able to run the best > libsamplerate res

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-12 Thread Grant
>> When I use the medium quality libsamplerate resampler with mpd, my CPU >> is around 15% and all is well.  When I try to use the best quality >> resampler, the CPU stays around 99% and the sound frequently falls >> apart.  Can I give mpd CPU priority? > > Yes, it's usually done via nice/renice co

Re: [gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-12 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:02:00 -0700 Grant wrote: > When I use the medium quality libsamplerate resampler with mpd, my CPU > is around 15% and all is well. When I try to use the best quality > resampler, the CPU stays around 99% and the sound frequently falls > apart. Can I give mpd CPU priority?

[gentoo-user] Prioritizing mpd

2009-06-12 Thread Grant
When I use the medium quality libsamplerate resampler with mpd, my CPU is around 15% and all is well. When I try to use the best quality resampler, the CPU stays around 99% and the sound frequently falls apart. Can I give mpd CPU priority? - Grant