Yes this is some process associated with the Quicktime framework. I found some discussions of this process constantly increasing thread counts until it crashed. So with multiple processors and multiple threads, the CPU levels can go above 100%, though each thread can only use up to 100%.
Jon On Jan 10, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi List, > > I've been a bit jostled by this process. My macbook was fanning like a > ventriloquist every time i connected to my media drive in the network, and > was wondering if going to the tropics too many times gave it a bad shake in > the components and made it go asthmatic. > > So i checked activity monitor, the more logical explanation, and looked at > the processes. The qtkitserver, short for quicktime kit server i guess, was > running at a whopping 160% of CPU usage. Now this i'm a bit flabbergasted to > see, as a CPU usually doesn't run over 100% unless it's overclocked, and i've > never done that to any of my macs. > > I killed the process, but really wondering what the QTKITserver does in > general. > > Anyone encountered this before? > > Best > > > Yuma DX® > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
