[winswitch] xpra: high %cpu when start a background application

Antoine Martin antoine at nagafix.co.uk
Sat Sep 6 11:04:16 BST 2014


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>
>     > 3. At server : top -> %CPU xpra ~ 10%
>     Does removing your app make any difference? (just connecting xpra)
>     My guess is that sound forwarding is using your CPU for
>     compression (mp3
>     or other).
>     Yes, even when no sound is being played:
>     http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Sound#StatusandConfiguration
>
>  I remove my app, just use : xpra start :100 --bind-tcp=0.0.0.0:20000
> <http://0.0.0.0:20000>, attach and check %CPU. It still ~ 8 - 10%.
> My sound forwarding is :  "MPEG 1 Audio, Layer 3 (MP3)" and %CPU of
> pulseaudio ~3%
So... just disable sound to get your CPU usage close to zero.
Have you tried it?

Antoine



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