On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:43:33PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > i am playing some mp3's using mplayer in a console. > what is the "normal", expected cpu usage of sndiod? >
if depends on the clients and the device; around 5% on 200MHz pentium > is it normal that sometimes it goes up as high as 35% CPU? > it oscillates anywhere between 2% to 35% (the highest i have > seen so far) > > i am also not sure if this is just in combination with > mplayer or any other player. > > most of the time it is under 10%, so it's not an issue. > i am just fishing for numbers.. > these numbers may be wrong. If the audio block rate is multiple of the system clock rate (100Hz on i386) the kernel may report wrong cpu usage. It may oscillate between 100% and 0%. -- Alexandre
