I am running vectorlinux soho 5.8.
After a few reboots, the cpu usage is not exactly 100% but its pretty high, I tested different files using different players, the usage continuously varies over a large range, and while seeking it is almost at 100%
.ogm
vlc...........:53~65%
xine..........:55~66%
smplayer...:30~70%
General #0
Complete name : zx.earth-girl-arjuna.01.divx505.ogm
Format : OGG
File size : 236 MiB
PlayTime : 24mn 12s
Bit rate : 1363 Kbps
Movie name : Earth Girl Arjuna - 01 - The Drop Of Time
Video #0
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 10s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Language : episode 1: the drop of time
Video #1
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 10s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Language : episode 1: the drop of time
Video #2
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 10s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Language : episode 1: the drop of time
Video #3
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 10s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Language : episode 1: the drop of time
Video #4
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 10s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Language : episode 1: the drop of time
Video #5
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 10s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 368 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Language : episode 1: the drop of time
Audio #0
Codec : Vorbis
Codec settings/Floor : 1
PlayTime : 24mn 12s
Bit rate : 104 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Language : english
Audio #1
Codec : Vorbis
Codec settings/Floor : 1
PlayTime : 24mn 12s
Bit rate : 104 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Language : japanese
Audio #2
Codec : Vorbis
Codec settings/Floor : 1
PlayTime : 24mn 12s
Bit rate : 104 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Language : isolated score
Text #0
Codec : Subrip
Language : english
Chapters #0
01 : 00:00:00.000 Intro
02 : 00:02:12.501 Part 1
03 : 00:12:49.152 Part 2
04 : 00:22:40.982 Credits
Chapters #1
01 : 00:00:00.000 Intro
02 : 00:02:12.501 Part 1
03 : 00:12:49.152 Part 2
04 : 00:22:40.982 Credits
Chapters #2
01 : 00:00:00.000 Intro
02 : 00:02:12.501 Part 1
03 : 00:12:49.152 Part 2
04 : 00:22:40.982 Credits
Chapters #3
01 : 00:00:00.000 Intro
02 : 00:02:12.501 Part 1
03 : 00:12:49.152 Part 2
04 : 00:22:40.982 Credits
Chapters #4
01 : 00:00:00.000 Intro
02 : 00:02:12.501 Part 1
03 : 00:12:49.152 Part 2
04 : 00:22:40.982 Credits
Chapters #5
01 : 00:00:00.000 Intro
02 : 00:02:12.501 Part 1
03 : 00:12:49.152 Part 2
04 : 00:22:40.982 Credits
.mkv
vlc..........:60~75%
xine.........:70~90%
smplayer..:62~75%
General #0
Complete name : [a4e]Get_Backers_01-49\[a4e]Get_Backers_06[divx5.2.1].mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 234 MiB
PlayTime : 24mn 5s
Bit rate : 1356 Kbps
Movie name : [a4e]Get Backers - 06 - Get Back the Divine Melody
Encoded date : UTC 2004-11-17 17:14:55
Writing application : mkvmerge v0.8.9 built on May 6 2004 19:48:43
Writing library : libebml v0.7.0 + libmatroska v0.7.0
Video #0
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
PlayTime : 24mn 4s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Title : [a4e]Get Backers - 06
Language : Japanese
Audio #0
Codec : AAC LC-SBR
Codec/Info : AAC Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 22 KHz
Title : English Audio
Language : English
Audio #1
Codec : AAC LC-SBR
Codec/Info : AAC Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 22 KHz
Title : Japanese Audio
Language : Japanese
Text #0
Codec : UTF-8
Codec/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : English Subtitle
Language : English
Text #1
Codec : VobSub
Codec/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Title : DVD Subtitle
Language : English
.avi
vlc.......:40%~79%
xine......:40%~65%
smplayer..:35~55%
General #0
Complete name : video001.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 700 MiB
PlayTime : 1h 30mn
Bit rate : 1074 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2366/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2366/release
Video #0
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec settings/Packe : No
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matri : Default
PlayTime : 1h 30mn
Bit rate : 869 Kbps
Width : 528 pixels
Height : 288 pixels
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.238
Writing library : XviD0037C
Audio #0
Codec : AC3
PlayTime : 1h 30mn
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
.flac
vlc..........:49~56%
amarok.....:60~69%
General #0
Complete name : 06 - For The Reunion .flac
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 15.1 MiB
PlayTime : 2mn 32s
Bit rate : 834 Kbps
artist : Nubuo Uematsu
Album : Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children CD1
date : 2005
tracknumber : 06
Genre : Soundtrack
Audio #0
Codec : FLAC
Bit rate mode : VBR
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 44 KHz
Resolution : 15 bits
System hardware info
Computer : PS/2 model AT (ID=FCh / Subm=02h / Vers=116)
BIOS date / name : 09/26/03 (C)1985-2000,American Megatrends Inc.,All Rig
: AMIBIOS 080008
: 63-0100-000001-00101111-092603-iBRKDL_G
Plug and Play BIOS : Version=1.0
PCI BIOS : Yes
----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------
CPU type : Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood)
CPUID Name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
CPUID : Family=0Fh Model=02h Stepping=07h BrandID=09h
Extended ID : Family=0Fh Model=02h
Feature flags (EDX) : 10111111 11101011 11111011 11111111
(ECX) : 00000000 00000000 01000100 00000000
Math Coprocessor : Integrated
Extra : MMX, SSE2
Clock speed : 2370.5 MHz
Level 1 Cache : 12 kuOPs
: 8 kB
Level 2 Cache : 512 kB
----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------
Main memory (DOS) : 640 kB (A0000h) Used=72 kB Free=568 kB
Main memory (PSP) : 640 kB (9FFF0h)
Program load address : 12030h
Total memory : 256 MB
DPMI : version=0.90 (32 bit)
LIM-EMS : version=4.0 Page frame=CC000h (EMM)
Memory : 4096 kB Used=0 kB Free=4096 kB
XMS driver : XMS-version=2.00 HIMEM-version=2.77
(1024kB..1088kB) HMA : 64 kB Used=25 kB Free=39 kB A20=Enabled
(>1088kB) EMB : 15215 kB Free=15215 kB (Largest free block=15215 kB)
----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------
VESA VBE/DDC : Present (DDC2B)
VESA VBE/PM : Version=1.0
Supported states : Standby, Suspend, Off, Reduced_on
Display adapter : VGA in mode 03h
VESA version : 3.0 OEM=Brookdale-G Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BI
VESA Software version : 1.0 OEM=Intel Corporation
VESA Product version : Hardware Version 0.0
: OEM=Brookdale-G Graphics Controller
VESA modes : 0107, 0112, 0114, 0115, 0116, 0117, 0118, 011A, 011B
: 0109, 010A, 010B, 010C, 0101, 0103, 0105, 0111
Monitor (PS/2 info) : VGA Color display
Bus type : PCI
CMOS clock / memory : yes / 128 Bytes
Equipment list INT 11 : (LLxGRRRx FFVVMMCF) 11001000 00100011
Sys. config. INT15/C0 : FCh 02h 74h dICKwbmx 00h 00h 00h 1Bh
----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------
45 kB BIOS at C0000h : (C) 2000 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
CMOS memory
*****************************************************************************
(04 02 00) Time : 14:04:45 (07 08 32 09 06) Date : 11/09/2007 Tuesday
(05 03 01) Alarm : 00:00:00
(10) (0100 ....) Type of diskette drive 0 : 1.44MB
(.... 0000) Type of diskette drive 1 : No drive
(14) (00.. ....) Number of diskette drives : 1
(..00 ....) Primary display : EGA / VGA
(.... 00..) Reserved
(.... ..1.) Coprocessor : Yes
(.... ...0) Diskette drive installed : No
(16 15) Main memory : 640 kB (12) (x.) fixed disk type 0 : 0
(18 17) Expansion memory : 19456 kB (.x) fixed disk type 1 : 0
(31 30) Actual Exp. mem. : 19456 kB (19) fixed disk type 0 : 20
(1A) fixed disk type 1 : 0
(0A) Status A : 1010 0110 (0010 0110) ?
(0B) Status B : 0000 0010 (0000 0010) ok
(0C) Status C : 0000 0000 (010x 0000) ?
(0D) Status D : 1000 0000 Power ok (0F) Shutdown Status : 0000 0000
(0E) POST : 0000 1000 (33) Information flag : 1000 0000
(2E 2F) Checksum 10h-2Dh : 0244h ? (1402h)
Bytes from the CMOS RAM
=======================
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
00 | 45 00 04 00 14 00 03 11 09 07 A6 02 00 80 08 00
10 | 40 F0 00 00 02 80 02 00 4C 14 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 44
30 | 00 4C 20 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 | 45 00 04 00 14 00 03 11 09 07 A6 02 40 80 08 00
50 | 40 F0 00 00 02 80 02 00 4C 14 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 44
70 | 00 4C 20 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
PCI + PCMCIA + Plug & Play + APM + ESCD
*****************************************************************************
PCI not tested
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PCMCIA not tested
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plug and Play BIOS : version=0.1.0 (@@@0000)
Plug and Play nodes not tested
DMI
*****************************************************************************
DMI : Size=2310 bytes Address=000FC430h version=2.3
============== BIOS =========================================================
Vendor : Intel Corp.
Version : VA84510A.86A.0023.P08.0309261501
BIOS : Start-address=F000h Size=512 kb Date=09/26/2003
Supported : PCI \ PnP \ APM \ Flash BIOS \ Shadowing \ CD boot
: Boot select \ EDD \ NEC9800 floppy \ Toshiba floppy
: 360 kB floppy \ 1.2MB floppy \ 720kB floppy \ 2.88MB floppy
: Print screen Int5 \ 8042 Int9 \ Int14 \ Int17
: Int10 CGA/Mono \ ACPI \ USB legacy \ AGP \ LS-120 boot
: ATAPI ZIP boot
: BIOS Boot Specifications
: Network service boot
Not Supported : ISA \ MCA \ EISA \ PC Card \ VL-VESA \ ESCD \ Rom in socket
: PC Card boot \ NEC PC-98 \ I2O boot \ 1394 boot
: Smart Battery
============== System =======================================================
Manufacturer :
Name :
Version :
Serial Number :
UUID : =;629>18=5008:<=
Wake-up Type : Power Switch
============== Base Board ===================================================
Manufacturer : Intel Corporation
Product : D845GVSR
Version : AAC45441-203
Serial Number : AZSR35019316
============== System Enclosure =============================================
Manufacturer :
Version :
Type : Unknown
Serial Number :
Asset Tag :
State : Bootup=Safe Power Supply=Safe
: Thermal=Other Security=Other
============== Processor ====================================================
Manufacturer : Intel
Version : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor
Type : Central processor Family=Pentium 4 Voltage=3.3 Volt
: 2.9 Volt
ID : 0F27h Feature flags=BFEBFBFFh
Clock : Current=2400 MHz Maximum=2800 MHz External=133 MHz
Socket : X1 Upgade=Socket 478
CPU : Socket=Populated Status=Enabled
Cache Present : L1, L2
Part Number : To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag : To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Serial Number : To Be Filled By O.E.M.
============== Cache ========================================================
Cache : None
: Level 1 Internal Enabled Mode=Varies with memory
: ? ns 4 way Type=Data
Error Corr. : Single-bit ECC
Size : Installed=8 KB Maximum=8 KB
Current Type : Pipeline Burst
Supported Type : Pipeline Burst
Cache : None
: Level 2 Internal Enabled Mode=Varies with memory
: ? ns 8 way Type=Unified
Error Corr. : Single-bit ECC
Size : Installed=512 KB Maximum=512 KB
Current Type : Pipeline Burst
Supported Type : Pipeline Burst
============== Memory controller ============================================
Modules : Max size=1024 MB Number of slots=2 Voltage=3.3 Volt
Type(s) : Other \ Unknown \ Standard \ Fast Page \ EDO \ Parity \ ECC
: SIMM \ DIMM \ Burst EDO \ SDRAM
Speed(s) : Other
Error Detection : 64-bit ECC
Correction :
Interleave : Current=1 Way Interleave Supported=1 Way Interleave
============== Memory Module ================================================
Socket : DIMM1 Type=DIMM speed=Unknown
Size : Installed=None Enabled=None RAS=11&12
Socket : DIMM2 Type=DIMM speed=Unknown
Size : Installed=256 MB Enabled=256 MB RAS=11&12
============== Port Connectors ==============================================
Internal : J1A1 none USB
External : PS2Mouse PS/2
Internal : J1A1 none Keyboard
External : Keyboard PS/2
Internal : J3A1 none 16550A Comp.
External : COM 1 DB-9 pin female
Internal : J4A2 none ECP/EPP
External : LPT1 DB25 pin male
Internal : J2G1 none 16550A Comp.
External : COM 2 DB-9 pin female
Internal : JA5A1 none USB
External : 1st USB Access Bus (USB)
Internal : JA5A1 none USB
External : 2nd USB Access Bus (USB)
Internal : J4A1 none Video
External : VIDEO DB-15 pin mal
Internal : JA5A1 none Network
External : RJ-45 Type RJ-45
Internal : J6A1 none Audio
External : Audio Mic In Mini Jacks (headphones)
Internal : J6A1 none Audio
External : Audio Line In Mini Jacks (headphones)
Internal : J6A1 none Audio
External : Audio Line Out Mini Jacks (headphones)
Internal : J5C1 - +12V Other Other
External : none
Internal : J4H1 - FDD On Board Floppy Other
External : none
Internal : J6H2 - PRI IDE On Board IDE Other
External : none
Internal : J6H1 - SEC IDE On Board IDE Other
External : none
Internal : J6B1 - CDIN On Board CD-Rom Sound input Audio
External : none
Internal : J7A1 - AUX IN Other Audio
External : none
Internal : J9G1 - FRONT PANEL HDR Other Other
External : none
Internal : J2F1 - CPU FAN Other Other
External : none
Internal : J8H2 - FRONT CHASSIS FAN Other Other
External : none
Internal : J1B1 - REAR CHASSIS FAN Other Other
External : none
Internal : J9H2 - BIOS CONFIG Other Other
External : none
Internal : J9F2 - FRONT PANEL USB Other Other
External : none
Internal : J2H1 - PS Other Other
External : none
Internal : J8H1 - CH INTR Other Other
External : none
Internal : J8H2 - PWR LED Other Other
External : none
============== System Slots =================================================
Slot : J7B2
: Long PCI 32 bit Available
Characteristics : 3.3 Volt \ PCI PME# \ SMBus signal
Slot : J8B1
: Long PCI 32 bit Available
Characteristics : 3.3 Volt \ PCI PME# \ SMBus signal
Slot : J9B1
: Long PCI 32 bit In Use
Characteristics : 3.3 Volt \ PCI PME# \ SMBus signal
============== On Board Devices =============================================
Video : Intel GMCH AGP Graphics Controller Enabled
Ethernet : Intel 82562 Ethernet Device Disabled
Sound : Intel ICH4 Audio Device Enabled
============== BIOS language ================================================
Language(s) : 1
Current : enUS
============== System Event Log =============================================
Log data Area : Header start=0000h Data start=0010h Length=2048
: Area valid=Yes Area full=No Change token=00000000
Area access : Memory mapped
============== Memory Error =================================================
Error Detection : Type=Unknown
: Granularity=Unknown Operation=Unknown
Address : Array=80000000 Device=80000000 Resolution=80000000
============== Physical Memory Array ========================================
Location : System board Use=System memory
Max. capacity : 3072 MB Error correction=None
Device(s) : 2
============== Memory Array Mapped Address ==================================
Address : 00000000h - 0003FBFFh Partition width=1 Handle=0032h
============== Memory Device ================================================
Locator : Device=J6G1 Bank=DIMM0
Type : DIMM DDR (Synchronous) speed=266 MHz
Installed : 0 MB Total width=64 bit Data width=64 bit
Manufacturer : Manufacturer1
Serial Number : SerNum1
Locator : Device=J6G2 Bank=DIMM1
Type : DIMM DDR (Synchronous) speed=266 MHz
Installed : 256 MB Total width=64 bit Data width=64 bit
Manufacturer : Manufacturer2
Serial Number : SerNum2
============== Memory Device Mapped Address =================================
Address : 00000000h - 0003FBFFh Handle=0036h
Position : Partition row=1 Interleave=None Data Depth=1
============== System Reset =================================================
Status : Disabled
Watchdog : Present=No Boot Option=Do not use
: Time interval=Unknown minutes
Limit : Boot Option on Limit=Do not use
: Automatic reset(s)=Unknown
: Consecutive reset(s) Limit=Unknown
Timeout : Unknown minutes before reboot
============== System Boot Information ======================================
Status : No errors
On xp, all the files except the mkv ran with less than 18% usage with vlc and less than 10% on smplayer, even while seeking.
Here are the process viewer screenshots, I took took shots when the values were stable for a long time..
(3.02MB)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qdyldpI didn't understand much in the process viewer, but I think the high cpu usage was due to the total of all the processes , not due to the player alone.
Will switching to vector standard help???, I'm not into pretty graphics and find kde bloated....