[Q] Movie player cpu demand on honeycomb problem..

[Turkawa]

My xoom is on tiamat 1.4.4 and overclocked to 1.6 max and 400 something to min on interactive governer. After some stadby when i open the xoom and start playing videos, cpu stays at minimum and video files play choppy (and sometimes GUI)(even after 5 minutes of playing). When i set the minimum to a high value like 800ish, videos start playing smoothly again. Then when i again reduce the min value to 400, video player keeps using higher valued cpu levels and keeps on playing smoothly.
My guess is video player cant wake the cpu at the begining or something..

Question1 : What is the default governer of honeycomb! Does it use steady 1000mhz or scales itself between its own min and max values. (is it SetCpu's fault!)
Question2 : Is there a way to assign profiles to specific applications and tasks like
"when i play videos use 1000mhz minimum!".

I know "on demand" governer and some others are just for this but apps are not using them as they should. Sometimes SetCpu needs some "push" to give more juice.

Or is it just me!

 

[tinpusher]

My xoom is on tiamat 1.4.4 and overclocked to 1.6 max and 400 something to min on interactive governer. After some stadby when i open the xoom and start playing videos, cpu stays at minimum and video files play choppy (and sometimes GUI)(even after 5 minutes of playing). When i set the minimum to a high value like 800ish, videos start playing smoothly again. Then when i again reduce the min value to 400, video player keeps using higher valued cpu levels and keeps on playing smoothly.
My guess is video player cant wake the cpu at the begining or something..

Question1 : What is the default governer of honeycomb! Does it use steady 1000mhz or scales itself between its own min and max values. (is it SetCpu's fault!)
Question2 : Is there a way to assign profiles to specific applications and tasks like
"when i play videos use 1000mhz minimum!".

I know "on demand" governer and some others are just for this but apps are not using them as they should. Sometimes SetCpu needs some "push" to give more juice.

Or is it just me!

Not sure about question 1, but Tasker can set specific CPU freqs and governers for specific apps.

 

[Turkawa]

so far i failed to understand the mechanics of tasker..
can someone explain? The existing manual is not helping much.

I figured it out! This tasker is amazing!!

 

[Turkawa]

i made a preset to control cpu with tasker to:
When i start moboplayer
-set cpu min to 912
-set cpu max to 1200
-flash "video mode on" text
When i exit moboplayer
-set cpu min to 412
-set cpu max to 1600
-flash "video mode off"

working great now..
HD video playback is smooth as silk!

 

[patass]

Max out processor, interactive. I use no-frills setcpu, because setcpu screws around too much. No-frills gives me super smooth performance.

 

[lokidokie]

Max out processor, interactive. I use no-frills setcpu, because setcpu screws around too much. No-frills gives me super smooth performance.

I agree. SetCPU is awesome for my phone (can give greater performance AND greater battery life if you use profiles), but it does wreck **** on the Xoom. Been using No-Frills for a while now, and it is much smoother.

 

[Turkawa]

How do you setup the "if heat goes over xx then reduce cpu to xx " part with nofrills.
As far as i understand nofrills dont have any settings or profiles.
What if cpu overheats?

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[Kippui]

How do you setup the "if heat goes over xx then reduce cpu to xx " part with nofrills.
As far as i understand nofrills dont have any settings or profiles.
What if cpu overheats?

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The xoom will probably shut itself down before it gets too hot.

 

[jaekidd1012]

I should play around more with the different governors. Right now I'm using System Tuner to OC/OV my Xoom. I'll try No Frills next. SetCPU was on my SGSII until it started shutting itself off at random, sometimes requiring a battery pull to get it to power on again so that app will stay far from my Xoom.

Can anyone recommend any other (preferably free) apps that can OC/OV/UV and set profiles?

 

[okantomi]

I should play around more with the different governors. Right now I'm using System Tuner to OC/OV my Xoom. I'll try No Frills next. SetCPU was on my SGSII until it started shutting itself off at random, sometimes requiring a battery pull to get it to power on again so that app will stay far from my Xoom.

Can anyone recommend any other (preferably free) apps that can OC/OV/UV and set profiles?

CPUMaster is my favorite.