Posts by Joshua J. Slone

1) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Process only while screen saver runs? (Message 1834479)
Posted 6 Dec 2016 by Profile Joshua J. Slone
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2) You're incorrect when you say reducing CPU usage would decrease efficiency. BOINC launches a separate application for each CPU core in your system (excepting some projects that are multi-threaded, which SETI is not one of them). I see you're using an 8 core CPU. Thus, if you set CPU processing to 50%, you'd use 4 cores, each at 100% efficiency, and you'd still have 4 cores for doing other tasks.

What I meant was lower efficiency of project results. If I tell it to wait for 30 minutes of idle, or only use 50% of the CPU, those things will still be in effect when I'm not trying to use the machine. Loss for the project but no gain for me, so decreased efficiency.

The cc_config.xml solution sounds like it should take care of my issue without those drawbacks, though. Thanks!

*slightly later*
I see that exclusive applications can be set from the BOINC Manager as well, but I'd previously missed the Advanced View. At any rate, adding wmplayer.exe took care of the specific problem I was having, so I can set the idle time back low without problem.
2) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Process only while screen saver runs? (Message 1833370)
Posted 30 Nov 2016 by Profile Joshua J. Slone
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Is it possible to do as I say in the title? I feel like it used to work this way (just getting back into this after years off), but now I don't see how.

In BOINC Manager I can tell it to suspend activities while the computer is in use. However, as long as I'm not actively inputting it starts to process. End result: if I'm watching a video, several minutes in it starts eating up the CPU and causing noticeable skipping. I could tell it to wait until activity has been suspended something like an hour, or to cap CPU usage much lower, but either of these would decrease efficiency a lot more than necessary at times when I'm not watching a video. I did try seeing if the BOINC screen saver would force it into starting anyway, but if it still hasn't been X minutes, the screen saver will just show a "Computer is in use" message.





 
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