High CPU usage at idle.

Hexen525

Newbie Joined: Oct 13, 2012 21:28 Messages: 7 Offline

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Oct 13, 2012 21:39

I just boot my PC up. Let it sit while I get a cup of coffee or something. Come back and it's using 13-20% CPU (8-core, 4.6GHz). I open up the process tab and see CyberLink Media Server Monitor sucking up my cycles like a fat kid through a cupcake! I disable PowerDVD from starting on Windows boot...still happens. I have to go into my Services and disable 3 CyberLink products to get my CPU usage back down.

My question is why? Why does this happen and how do I permently disable it without removing PowerDVD from my system?

PowerDVD 12 paid version, fully updated.
Fresh install of Windows 7 Pro x64.
AMD FX-8150 oc'ed to 4615MHz

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Oct 14, 2012 07:54

Have you tried adjusting your "Library" settings? Use Configure PowerDVD, then library, then deselect all the libraries or just the ones you don't want the program to search.


Filename	select_media.png	Download
Description	Library Settings
Filesize	79 Kbytes
Downloaded:	398 time(s)

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Hexen525

Newbie Joined: Oct 13, 2012 21:28 Messages: 7 Offline

Oct 14, 2012 09:31

Oh, is it just scanning my HDD for stuff? So eventually it will stop on it's own? I can deal with that. I don't mind it if it will stop sucking up clock cycles soon. I just feared it would do it forever and I can't have it cutting into my gaming ;

Thanx for the reply

Marc

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2012 03:24 Messages: 1 Offline

Oct 30, 2012 03:27

Ever confirm that the usage dropped after a while? Mine is doing the same about an houir after install. Can't imagine it would take that long and use so much CPU cycles to search.

Hexen525

Newbie Joined: Oct 13, 2012 21:28 Messages: 7 Offline

Oct 30, 2012 23:11

Well, yes and no. Mine still actually does it. But only when my system is mostly idle. If I am searching the web or listening to music it runs. If I fire up a game or an encoding program it goes idle. I also have over 300GB of media it's sifting through. So I don't see it being done anytime soon ;

I wonder if the "conversion" setting has anything to do with it? I know on my laptop with almost no media on it at all the app doesn't use a single CPU cycle.