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CPU and Memory heavy, wtf?
Hi there,
i really like Songbird so far, the only thing that bugs me is the memory footprint and the heavy cpu load.
http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?im... it can even go up further.
Thats quite a lot for just playing music in the background right?
(Its mp3 not high bitrate flac or anything)
Even paused Songbird takes up roughly 30%.
That is on a Macbook Pro.
Help, fix, comments, anything please.
Regards,
nFec
i really like Songbird so far, the only thing that bugs me is the memory footprint and the heavy cpu load.
http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?im... it can even go up further.
Thats quite a lot for just playing music in the background right?
(Its mp3 not high bitrate flac or anything)
Even paused Songbird takes up roughly 30%.
That is on a Macbook Pro.
Help, fix, comments, anything please.
Regards,
nFec
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Tell me when someone solves it.
The more people who report this problem, the more it gets noticed.
The more people who report this problem, the more it gets noticed.
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Inappropriate?Head here for an existing thread on this topic: http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t...
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Inappropriate?Hi, nFec, I removed the redirect on this topic for you, per your request when you disputed.
I also went and checked out the topic that Laura has pointed to, and I think that there is definitely information in that topic that can help you with this problem. I think that Laura's intention is to keep his conversation in one place so that everyone can get the benefit of their troubleshooting about this subject. I think her intention is right.
That said, I also want to make sure your specific problem is responded to. Did you already install version 1.0, as they suggest in that topic?
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this solves the problem
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This solves the problem
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Hi Eric,
I too can see the reason for merging topics, but mine only was started after the release of 1.0, which i do have installed.
I looked into the thread this was moved to previously and only found old info with most posts telling you to wait for a stable 1.0 release. Well it is here.
Also like said in my dispute I don't think this is a memory leak problem.
Also the many related topics tell me this is a common problem, perhaps intrinsic to Songbird.
What I think necessary for this to be of any usefullness is a dev commenting, else it is just guesswork. -
Well, then, I won't waste your time with useless guesswork. I'll see if I can get someone who can speak to your specific problem, although there isn't much specific beyond "Songbird uses too much memory." I have a feeling they have heard your complaint, but I'll do what I can to have them answer you.
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Sorry I didn't mean to be rude, I really like this way of providing support. This interactive community style. Perhaps it's because this is not my native tounge that it came over wrong.
It's just that like I said, your help pointing to other solutions is great but in this case it first din't help and secondly i _guess_ that this can't be fixed by any "help" but needs to be treated as kind of a bug report. Or rather a call for improvement. I mean I don't have crashes or anything, but come on, a audioplayer (with great bonus functionality) that even idle uses up a third of my ressources? Come on...
Kind regards,
nFec -
Inappropriate?When idle, Songbird 1.0.0 for Linux takes 0% CPU load.
But it jumps to 30% when playing FLAC files.
This is really strange: other players like QuodLibet take at most 3% when playing the same files.
I agree with nFec that there is no helping answer that can be provided to this topic: this is a bug that requires internal fixes in Songbird, and I hope the next release will correct this.
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