I'd say Flash doesn't have a great reputation (I assume plugin-container
is running Flash here) and that's one the reasons why. I also have a
constant load even when the video is paused, in the order of 0.7-1.3%.
About PulseAudio though.. it's definitely not normal (at least I don't
see that
Every time I go to a web site that has a video
to play, pulseaudio racks up 20% of cpu even
if I do not play the video.
Playing the video, I get
plugin-container racks up 24.0% of cpu, and
pulseaudio racks up another 15.5% of cpu.
I kill the tab of the web page, and pulseaudio
cpu load goes way d