#1121772 mpv: when running on KDE/X11 it uses 11% CPU time when the video is paused

Package:
mpv
Source:
mpv
Description:
video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
Submitter:
Russell Coker
Date:
2025-12-02 11:51:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1121772#5
Date:
2025-12-02 11:50:08 UTC
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1908225 etbe      20   0 2529256 288452 207024 S  11.1   0.3   0:17.69 mpv

If a video is left paused for weeks then it keeps using CPU time for weeks,
even if minimised, in the background, or on a different virtual desktop.

The expected result is that it will be close to 0% CPU when doing nothing.