> > Unfortunately movies don't run smoothly. When I start a 720p movie and > log in with ssh to check the system load with top, xbmc uses around 100% > cpu. > > When I disable the init.d script, reboot, login and start xinit xbmc- > standalone manually the same movie runs smoothly and uses only around 10% > cpu power. >
Check xbmc user permissions. It's my group file: cat /etc/group | grep xbmc audio:x:29:xbmc video:x:44:xbmc xbmc:x:999: bye lucky XBMC user :)