Like you, I was also going to suggest it was related to video drivers, but given that you have high CPU usage when playing an OGG file, that can't be the cause.
I suspect that this is your problem: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz That's not a very powerful CPU. And if I recall correctly, your Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller is too old to support VA-API. However if the video plays smoothly I wouldn't worry about it. Just don't try to do much else while playing the video. At 60%, you should be able to do other things while listening to an OGG. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871412 Title: more than 80% cpu usage when watching youtube video (flash or html5) firefox and chromium Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Whether it's plugin-container or firefox with html5 enabled, watching youtube is cpu consuming. Same thing happens whith chromium-browser. Also when playing a simple ogg file(the one in examples folder) with totem, cpu goes up to 60%. I suppose it's related to intel video drivers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: firefox 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: elmo 1357 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: elmo 1357 F...m pulseaudio BuildID: 20111008085056 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Δεν υπάρχει τέτοιο αρχείο ή κατάλογος Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7db8000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,104383ce,00100004' Controls : 12 Simple ctrls : 7 Channel: release Date: Sun Oct 9 21:12:13 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111007.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.5 metric 1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=el_GR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20111008085056 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0103 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 1005HAGG dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.chassis.version: x.x dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0103:bd09/04/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005HAGG:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005HAGG:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x: dmi.product.name: 1005HAGG dmi.product.version: x.x dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/871412/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

