Graphical Environments & Desktops • Vlc using a lot of CPU

I have a seasoned laptop which nevertheless has 8Gb of ram and runs debian stable with no issues whatsoever. I noticed that when I use vlc to watch a movie, I often use more than 70% of my CPU and the laptop gets hot. If I use e.g. mpv player, I have nothing if the sort and the cpu usage to watch a movie is around 6-7%. Is vlc such a memory hog? Or is there some setting I need to twist?
Thanks

Statistics: Posted by larry77 — 2024-03-27 17:20 — Replies 2 — Views 47

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