[Lizz the Blizz]

Hi guys, didn't really find anyone with a problem similar to mine, so hopefully you can help me.

I'm currently at work, so I'll just start out with a description that is as clear as possible. Tonight I'll be able to provide logs as needed.

Yesterday, I installed a fresh Ubuntu 8.10 on my aging Asus Pundit-R system. It runs on a Pentium 4 2,53GHz (Northwood) with a SiS650 chipset and 1 gig of RAM. Ubuntu seems to recognize all my devices perfectly fine and runs very smoothly.

I got xbmc from the Intrepid PPA (I will check out the exact revision ASAP), and everything installed fine, without a problem.

When starting XBMC, however, I notice my CPU usage shooting up to 100% for as long as the software is running (XBMC itself taking up an average of 95%).

This makes video playback pretty much impossible (cpu time is saturated before even starting it, if I'm lucky I get 1fps, if I'm not, it just hangs until I force quit), and even navigating the menus is rather difficult.

As soon as I quit xbmc, and play my files in Totem, the movies play just fine.

Mind you, this happens for any videofile, many of which are plain old divx. I realize that playing HD videos would be a bit over the top for this system, and that is definitely not my intention.

Will provide more info as soon as possible, but maybe this rings a bell with someone already.

So, tl;dr here

1. Linux distro: Ubuntu 8.10
2. Architecture: x86-32
3. Install method: Intrepid PPA
4. SVN revision: installed yesterday, will add ASAP
5. How to reproduce: Basically just start up XBMC and my CPU hits the ceiling, making proper video playback impossible.
6. Debug log: Will provide asap.

Thanks alot!