Re: firefox takes 100% cpu while connecting to server

Roderick Johnstone <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.mplayerplug-in
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Kevin DeKorte wrote:
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> Roderick Johnstone wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Can you please verify this as a problem with mplayerplug-in:
>>
>> Go to: http://www.classicfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=421143
>> anc click the "listen now" button and then the "click here to access the 
>> audio".
>>
>> While it sits at "Connecting to server mediasrv-the.musicradio.com..." 
>> for a while firefox takes 100% cpu. Is that to be expected?
>>
>> It then plays fine.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Roderick Johnstone
> 
> Roderick,
> 
> That is expected behavior, while mplayer is in connecting mode it
> doesn't respond to slave commands like "quit" and so I have to put the
> plugin into non-blocking mode so that the ui does not hangup.

ok, thanks.
> 
> This problem does not happen with gecko-mediaplayer since mplayer is out
> of process in that situation.

Is gecko-mediaplayer now at a point where it is to be preferred over 
mplayerplug-in??

Roderick


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