Amarok and Pulseaudio

[JD]

On 11/01/2012 06:12 AM, JD wrote:
>
> On 11/01/2012 08:55 AM, Sascha Manns wrote:
>> Hello JD,
>>
>> JD wrote at Donnerstag, 1. November 2012, 04:12:21:
>>> On 11/01/2012 01:28 AM, � wrote:
>>> OK, so I just installed phonon-backend-vlc.
>>> How do I tell amarok to use it instead of
>>> gstreamer?
>>> Do I have to recompile amarok and change the
>>> configuration options,or what?
>> AFAIK Amarok uses the global KDE Settings. You can find them in
>> Systemsettings/Hardware/Multimedia then klick on Phonon/Backend. After
>> installaton of backend-vlc you should can choose them.
> Mega Thanx!!
> That worked!!
But..... Pulseaudio is now consuming 29% of cpu -
compared to 90% before phonon-backend-vlc
but still wondering why so much? Does pulseaudio
do any encoding or decoding? If not, why does it
consume so much cpu?