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I just noticed this issue does not occur if Kodi is paused during playback. The CPU drops to 2-3% when paused even when I defocus the window, however if I pause then press 'm' to display the playback menu, it sends the CPU straight up to 100% when I defocus the window.
This really smells like a skin problem but I also tried the default skin, Estuary, and it also exhibits the same problem.
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what you using to check this and is it just one core popping up to 100%?
try using top from a terminal see what that says.
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I'm watching MacOS' Activity Monitor but running top in a terminal shows it go up to 75% too. It seems to be only 1 core though as overall usage remains at about 10%.
I can reliably replicate the issue using Estuary. The main menu and settings grid do not produce high cpu. When I go into 'Interface settings', highlighting the black side menus does not produce high cpu but highlighting the blue settings in the main section does trigger the bug and produces high cpu.
btw Estuary typically runs at about 2-3% cpu when idle compared to my default skin Transparency! which runs at about 12-15% cpu when idle.
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Derek
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yeah i use transparency aswell but dont have this bug i cant seem to replicate it. what CPU?
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It's in the debug log: Host CPU: Intel® Core i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz, 8 cores available
Remember, it's ok so long as some part of the kodi window is visible but as soon as the kodi window is entirely obscured either by covering it by another window or switching desktops, that is when the cpu usage skyrockets.
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I can confirm this on my 2016 MBP, Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195).
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There is a feature that should limit gui rendering to 5fps as soon as the whole kodi window is obfuscated. Maybe that limiter is broken...
AppleTV4/iPhone/iPod/iPad: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much:
click here
HowTo setup NFS for Kodi:
NFS (wiki)
HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf):
Avahi_Zeroconf (wiki)
READ THE IOS FAQ!:
iOS FAQ (wiki)
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I can conform this issue too !
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Scratch my last post. That feature that is limiting the GUI has been dropped in april 2016. I have a hard time to reproduce that issue though. Unfocusing doesn't do anything for me. Has Kodi to be windowed or fullscreen? Or are you using the osx fullscreen mode or something? (which can be started by pressing the green buble in the title bar when windowed)?
AppleTV4/iPhone/iPod/iPad: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much:
click here
HowTo setup NFS for Kodi:
NFS (wiki)
HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf):
Avahi_Zeroconf (wiki)
READ THE IOS FAQ!:
iOS FAQ (wiki)