chris clepper wrote:
On 1/17/06, derek holzer derek@x-i.net wrote:
Although I have seen situations using a firewire camera where a GEM patch suddenly eats 2-300% of the CPU it used every other time you ran it, which I suspect has something to do with the drivers used.
Which firewire camera do you see that with? I have used many (iSight, iBot, ImagingSource, etc) and not had that problem. Can you reliably reproduce it? If so then post a patch to the list and I can look into it.
Sony TRV 900 and other camcorder types. Can't reliably reproduce, that's what makes it so special...and frustrating. I've tried to track down the source of this a few times, but without luck. Nothing has been changed from the last time the patch was run, but the CPU use increases. Usually a reboot is the only thing which fixes it. I'll take better notes next time, so long as it isn't happening 10 minutes before a performance.
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