[vorbis-dev] XMMS: busywaiting??

[Tony Arcieri]

On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Monty wrote:

> decode_example piped into a command line player manages to playback realtime on
> my p233 somewhat easily.  XMMS (with the Vorbis plugin) utterly pegs the CPU 
> and stutters badly.

I am also using a P233.  I had no problems playing back vorbis in
real-time in XMMS.
 
> When playback is *paused*, xmms is taking up 80-100% of CPU. 

Decoding will continue until the buffer is full.  As soon as xmms's buffer
is full CPU usage drops off sharply.

Tony Arcieri

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