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Re: mpv and estd and --vo=xv



On Sun 11 Jul 2021 at 19:59:50 +0000, RVP wrote:
> From what nia@ tells me (and this is also in the guide: section 11.1.4.),
> you shouldn't need estd at all:
> 
>     Many modern hardware supports an "automatic adjustment" frequency,
>     usually this will be a reported frequency that ends in 1. On systems
>     without this functionality, sysutils/estd can be installed from
>     pkgsrc to perform automatic adjustment depending on load in software,
>     although it will be less efficient than hardware scaling.
> 
> Just disable estd. I used to run it to cool my CPU before I learnt
> this (and it does--by about a measly 5 C or so).

Interesting. I never read the guide of course since I read it the first
time :) I will try this too.

> -RVP
-Olaf.
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