[arch-general] - pulseaudio - GNOME3 in [testing]

[Axel 'the C.L.A.' Müller]

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:47:16 -0400
Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at verizon.net> wrote:

> On 04/09/2011 04:46 AM, Mauro Santos wrote:
> > On 09-04-2011 02:12, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> >
> >> PA buffers better than ALSA, or is supposed to, in any case. Of
> >> course, if you're using its ALSA-emulation that's a moot point. AFAICR
> >> (haven't had this problem for ages), CPU usage from PA is basically
> >> caused by the resampling, which you can just modify to a simpler
> >> method if you don't need the higher quality of the default (speex, I
> >> believe).
> >
> > I have been using the ffmpeg resample method because of that, it uses
> > less cpu, or seems to use less cpu here, and with my setup I cannot
> > detect any loss in quality, but hey, it is a laptop and the analog audio
> > path is not stellar so ymmv.
> >
> 
> 
> Hmm, I tried that, didn't seem to help. In fact it's super frustrating now 
> because VLC is back to use ~16% CPU again no matter what resample method I use 
> and what audio output option I choose.
> 
> Also, does anyone know what is restarting pulseaudio after I --kill? Is it 
> gnome-shell?
> 

I don't have Pulseaudio installed, yet, so I haven't tried it myself,
but AFAIK you could try to start VLC with pasuspender wich will suspend
PA as long as a given programm is running.