This needs some attention. An app that chews CPU gratuitously is badly programmed.
Here is the CPU usage for the openshot process *after each step has completed* (ie wasted CPU usage) Start openshot: 7% CPU Import 127MB file: 7% CPU Drag onto timeline: 7% CPU Press play then pause in the video preview frame: 25% Platform: Openshot 1.4.3-1 libmlt4 0.7.6+git20120204-2 Xubuntu 12.04.2 kernel 3.2.0-39-generic SMP x86_64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot Bugs, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072757 Title: High CPU consumption when idle Status in OpenShot Video Editor: Confirmed Bug description: Even when OpenShot is doing nothing, the system monitor shows it using a large amount of CPU 1) Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 2) DEB 3) OpenShot 1.4.0 4) MLT melt 0.7.7 5) n/a To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/1072757/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
