The problem also happens with Banshee. This happened also in Karmic Beta if I remember correctly and it was a pulseaudio problem. I highly suspect pulseaudio in this case too as the pa process is taking a lot of CPU.
** Also affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 100% CPU when playing with or without crossfading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521871 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs