2016-11-20, 20:54
I had a look at this and this is what software does.....with x264, 1080p movie using 1440x900 retina mode. Do not sync to display or vertical sync.
Kodi 16: CPU usage is 50-90% with about 10-11 watts power usage, kodi cpu of total system is 16-19%
Kodi 17: CPU usage is 180-230% with about 20-21 watts power usage, kodi cpu of total system is 50-60%
This is with TOP in a terminalwindow. So on a macbook with 2 cores 4 threads I guess 400% is max. The last cpu usage is taken from istatbar where 100% is all four threads used so 50-60% means one core maxed ans some used on the second. I guess powerusage says a lot.
Kodi 16: CPU usage is 50-90% with about 10-11 watts power usage, kodi cpu of total system is 16-19%
Kodi 17: CPU usage is 180-230% with about 20-21 watts power usage, kodi cpu of total system is 50-60%
This is with TOP in a terminalwindow. So on a macbook with 2 cores 4 threads I guess 400% is max. The last cpu usage is taken from istatbar where 100% is all four threads used so 50-60% means one core maxed ans some used on the second. I guess powerusage says a lot.