Re: using GPU

[Felix Kaser <f kaser gmx net>]

Hello Ufa,

you should update to 2.24.x, because video capture was broken in 2.22.x!

Cheers
Felix


Ufa wrote:
> Hello Filippo!
>
> Everytime I put cheese to record a video, i cannot stop the capture as 
> the program locks and do not respond to commands, but it continues to 
> record. The only way to stop recording is to kill the process.
>
> Do you think it might be the low capacity hardware ?
>
> I am using cheese 2.22.3 in Debian Lenny.
>
> Regards
>
> Ufa
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Filippo Argiolas 
> <filippo argiolas gmail com <mailto:filippo argiolas gmail com>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Ufa <ufa technotroll org
>     <mailto:ufa technotroll org>> wrote:
>     > Hello
>     > I have a asus eeepc. When I use cheese, the processor
>     utilization goes to
>     > 99%. Is there a way to send some of this load to GPU?
>
>     Hi,
>     Try to run gstreamer-properties, in the Video tab select "X Window
>     System (X11/XShm/Xv)" as Default Output Plugin.
>     This should send some load to your graphic card but, however, don't
>     expect it go lower than 65/70% given the low power cpu you have.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Filippo Argiolas
>
>
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