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Hi,

When i play a mp4 or mkv movie. I'm getting high CPU USage to 100%.

I'm running on Windows 7 x64 enterprise on 4 GB of RAM with Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz.

Vlc.log

-- logger module started --
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 388 ms)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
-- logger module stopped --


Media Information :

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.32 GiB
Duration : 1h 51mn
Overall bit rate : 1 705 Kbps
Movie name : MediaFire4U.Com - I'm LoSeR !
Encoded date : UTC 2012-04-29 16:15:18
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.3.0 ('I could have danced') built on Feb 9 2012 10:38:07
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 51mn
Nominal bit rate : 1 477 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels

Try another video output module:
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-2.0 ... _output.3F

And/or disable/enable GPU acceleration:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=79953
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-2.0 ... age_errors

If it still doesn't help try these:
viewtopic.php?p=339577#p339577

I have try all that options and still i'm geting the High CPU Usage when playing the movies. What's is going on here...

Please share your complete logs.

I recently encountered the same problem as described by the original post. I had been using VLC 2.01 for some time without problems, so I knew it wasn't VLC. Initially, I thought it had something to do with the specific .mkv file but ruled that out when I had the same problem with another one. Once I read the information concerning alternate video output modules, I was able to fix the problem by changing Preferences -> Video Settings -> Output explicitly to OpenGL (it was previously set to Default).

Once things were working again, I realized I had probably caused the problem. Not long ago, I uninstalled ATI's Catalyst Control Center. I'm guessing that this affected the video output default in VLC. FWIW, my machine is running Windows 7 Pro SP1 (x86) and has an ATI FirePro M7740 video adapter, but this might affect any machine with an ATI adapter.