On Tuesday 19 August 2008 15:30:07 Dale wrote: > Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > > << SNIP >> > > > > I'm running the machine for multi-media-use, and I would like to make > > sure that I tune the media-programs to leave sufficcient cpu to handle > > the odd house-keeping task, while at the same time doing as much > > post-processing for image and sound quality as possible. Is there a > > way to get top to make sense, or are there other tools you good people > > would recommend ? > > The only thing I can think of that may help is to use the nice command > to give some processes more or less priority. That may or may not help > you any but it is a thought. > > Otherwise, I tend to agree with Alan. Leave it to the kernel.
I thought of one thing that might help - perhaps the media apps in question are single threaded and might benefit from a different preemption model algorithm. Give the old-fashioned server model a try instead of desktop or low-latency desktop. It's worth a try, YMMV -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
