Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage

[Andrew Udvare]

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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video.  It has a fair
> resolution and is a .mp4.  It uses about the same amount of CPU power as
> Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even with the same video.  It
> appears that it may be something besides the player. 

You have to go into settings and make sure VDPAU is enabled. You need to enable 
the vdpau USE flag. I have it set globally.