[gpodder-devel] Latest gPodder: very CPU intensive downloads

  • From: thp at perli.net (Thomas Perl)
  • Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:42:16 +0200

Hello, WvR!

On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 05:03 -0700, Wilfred van Rooijen wrote:
> well, for me this patch at least decreases the (too ?)
> high CPU load that gPodder caused when downloading
> from many channels @ high speed. As far as I am
> concerned, polling interval could be longer -
> downloading a podcast in my case typically involves
> files between 50 and 150 MB, so it usually takes
> several minutes, and I do not watch the progress
> continuously, so for me an update every 10 seconds
> would be just as fine. I leave it to your discretion -
> the patch works OK for me, we'll have to see what
> other users say.

I've applied the patch now with an update interval of one update per
second. This should make your downloads less CPU-intensive :)

Thomas



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