CPU Resource Question

[tempgal]

Hi --

Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides.

My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of unused
space.

The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2.

I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a second
one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the power
supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech support
representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told me
no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.

I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to work
fine until I installed encoder software so that I could stream the video.
After that, it seemed moments after booting, the CPU would be running at
100%. Even if I terminated the encoder and the webcam, the usage went down
slightly but not a whole lot. There also wasn't much difference when I
unchecked a bunch of things from msconfig startup and rebooted.

I made things work by re-installing the webcam, its software and the encoder
on my notebook computer which is connected to the same network. The desktop
now runs well again but, of course, the notebook's CPU is at 100%.

OK, FINALLY now my question(s): Would using the power with the second USB
hub help the CPU problem? Would additional memory resolve the CPU problem
or would it still go to 100% usage no matter how much memory I install?

Thanks.

 

[PA Bear]

What encoder software (Codec) to run what streaming video? Who offered you
the software?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org

tempgal wrote:
> Hi --
>
> Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides.
>
> My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of
> unused
> space.
>
> The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2.
>
> I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a second
> one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the
> power
> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech support
> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told me
> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>
> I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to work
> fine until I installed encoder software so that I could stream the video.
> After that, it seemed moments after booting, the CPU would be running at
> 100%. Even if I terminated the encoder and the webcam, the usage went
> down
> slightly but not a whole lot. There also wasn't much difference when I
> unchecked a bunch of things from msconfig startup and rebooted.
>
> I made things work by re-installing the webcam, its software and the
> encoder
> on my notebook computer which is connected to the same network. The
> desktop
> now runs well again but, of course, the notebook's CPU is at 100%.
>
> OK, FINALLY now my question(s): Would using the power with the second USB
> hub help the CPU problem? Would additional memory resolve the CPU problem
> or would it still go to 100% usage no matter how much memory I install?
>
> Thanks.

 

[tempgal]

The software is from Camstreams.com. They host the live video.

Thanks.


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:u%23WVkXmvHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> What encoder software (Codec) to run what streaming video? Who offered
> you the software?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org
>
> tempgal wrote:
>> Hi --
>>
>> Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides.
>>
>> My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of
>> unused
>> space.
>>
>> The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2.
>>
>> I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a second
>> one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the
>> power
>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech support
>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told me
>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>>
>> I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to
>> work
>> fine until I installed encoder software so that I could stream the video.
>> After that, it seemed moments after booting, the CPU would be running at
>> 100%. Even if I terminated the encoder and the webcam, the usage went
>> down
>> slightly but not a whole lot. There also wasn't much difference when I
>> unchecked a bunch of things from msconfig startup and rebooted.
>>
>> I made things work by re-installing the webcam, its software and the
>> encoder
>> on my notebook computer which is connected to the same network. The
>> desktop
>> now runs well again but, of course, the notebook's CPU is at 100%.
>>
>> OK, FINALLY now my question(s): Would using the power with the second
>> USB
>> hub help the CPU problem? Would additional memory resolve the CPU
>> problem
>> or would it still go to 100% usage no matter how much memory I install?
>>
>> Thanks.
>

 

[PA Bear]

Open Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and click on the Processes tab >
Double-click on the CPU column and tell us which Process(s) is(are) spiking
to 100% CPU.

Have you contacted Camstreams.com Support about this behavior?

>>> ...I did not connect the power
>>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech support
>>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told
>>> me
>>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.

And if you connect the power supply to the second hub, does this behavior
persist?
--
~PA Bear


tempgal wrote:
> The software is from Camstreams.com. They host the live video.
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u%23WVkXmvHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> What encoder software (Codec) to run what streaming video? Who offered
>> you the software?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org
>>
>> tempgal wrote:
>>> Hi --
>>>
>>> Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides.
>>>
>>> My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of
>>> unused
>>> space.
>>>
>>> The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2.
>>>
>>> I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a
>>> second
>>> one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the
>>> power
>>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech support
>>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told
>>> me
>>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>>>
>>> I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to
>>> work
>>> fine until I installed encoder software so that I could stream the
>>> video.
>>> After that, it seemed moments after booting, the CPU would be running at
>>> 100%. Even if I terminated the encoder and the webcam, the usage went
>>> down
>>> slightly but not a whole lot. There also wasn't much difference when I
>>> unchecked a bunch of things from msconfig startup and rebooted.
>>>
>>> I made things work by re-installing the webcam, its software and the
>>> encoder
>>> on my notebook computer which is connected to the same network. The
>>> desktop
>>> now runs well again but, of course, the notebook's CPU is at 100%.
>>>
>>> OK, FINALLY now my question(s): Would using the power with the second
>>> USB
>>> hub help the CPU problem? Would additional memory resolve the CPU
>>> problem
>>> or would it still go to 100% usage no matter how much memory I install?
>>>
>>> Thanks.

 

[tempgal]

I didn't connect the second power supply because I was afraid something bad
would happen. Was hoping that by posting the question here that someone
would tell me whether or not that fear was justified.

With regard to the Task Manager info, I mentioned that I had re-installed
the software onto the notebook computer. The notebook has only a 60GB hard
drive but the same 1GB of memory as the desktop. That computer runs XP
Home, SP2. Now, moments after starting, it is not at 100% but about 60%.
Manycam, which is the webcam software which enables more than one video
program to function at the same time is 48 in the CPU column. The
Camstreams encoder is only showing 8. The System Idle Process is at 45.
Most of the rest are at 00.

I'm not using a USB hub with the notebook computer. The webcam is connected
directly to the computer.

In the Mem Usage column several programs seem to have inordinately high
memory usage. The Camstreams Encoder is at 43,372, Explorer.exe at 36,948,
ManyCam at 22,460, RTVscan at 27,720, and one of the Svchost.exe at 27,876,

Thanks.


"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:u3yzSfnvHHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Open Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and click on the Processes tab >
> Double-click on the CPU column and tell us which Process(s) is(are)
> spiking to 100% CPU.
>
> Have you contacted Camstreams.com Support about this behavior?
>
>>>> ...I did not connect the power
>>>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech
>>>> support
>>>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told
>>>> me
>>>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>
> And if you connect the power supply to the second hub, does this behavior
> persist?
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
>
> tempgal wrote:
>> The software is from Camstreams.com. They host the live video.
>>
>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u%23WVkXmvHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> What encoder software (Codec) to run what streaming video? Who offered
>>> you the software?
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org
>>>
>>> tempgal wrote:
>>>> Hi --
>>>>
>>>> Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides.
>>>>
>>>> My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of
>>>> unused
>>>> space.
>>>>
>>>> The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2.
>>>>
>>>> I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a
>>>> second
>>>> one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the
>>>> power
>>>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech
>>>> support
>>>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told
>>>> me
>>>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>>>>
>>>> I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to
>>>> work
>>>> fine until I installed encoder software so that I could stream the
>>>> video.
>>>> After that, it seemed moments after booting, the CPU would be running
>>>> at
>>>> 100%. Even if I terminated the encoder and the webcam, the usage went
>>>> down
>>>> slightly but not a whole lot. There also wasn't much difference when I
>>>> unchecked a bunch of things from msconfig startup and rebooted.
>>>>
>>>> I made things work by re-installing the webcam, its software and the
>>>> encoder
>>>> on my notebook computer which is connected to the same network. The
>>>> desktop
>>>> now runs well again but, of course, the notebook's CPU is at 100%.
>>>>
>>>> OK, FINALLY now my question(s): Would using the power with the second
>>>> USB
>>>> hub help the CPU problem? Would additional memory resolve the CPU
>>>> problem
>>>> or would it still go to 100% usage no matter how much memory I install?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>

 

[PA Bear]

That all sounds within acceptable ranges to me. Sounds like the webcam is a
real memory hog many of them are.
--
~PA Bear

tempgal wrote:
> I didn't connect the second power supply because I was afraid something
> bad
> would happen. Was hoping that by posting the question here that someone
> would tell me whether or not that fear was justified.
>
> With regard to the Task Manager info, I mentioned that I had re-installed
> the software onto the notebook computer. The notebook has only a 60GB
> hard
> drive but the same 1GB of memory as the desktop. That computer runs XP
> Home, SP2. Now, moments after starting, it is not at 100% but about 60%.
> Manycam, which is the webcam software which enables more than one video
> program to function at the same time is 48 in the CPU column. The
> Camstreams encoder is only showing 8. The System Idle Process is at 45.
> Most of the rest are at 00.
>
> I'm not using a USB hub with the notebook computer. The webcam is
> connected
> directly to the computer.
>
> In the Mem Usage column several programs seem to have inordinately high
> memory usage. The Camstreams Encoder is at 43,372, Explorer.exe at
> 36,948,
> ManyCam at 22,460, RTVscan at 27,720, and one of the Svchost.exe at
> 27,876,
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u3yzSfnvHHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Open Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and click on the Processes tab >
>> Double-click on the CPU column and tell us which Process(s) is(are)
>> spiking to 100% CPU.
>>
>> Have you contacted Camstreams.com Support about this behavior?
>>
>>>>> ...I did not connect the power
>>>>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech
>>>>> support
>>>>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told
>>>>> me
>>>>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>>
>> And if you connect the power supply to the second hub, does this behavior
>> persist?
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>>
>> tempgal wrote:
>>> The software is from Camstreams.com. They host the live video.
>>>
>>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u%23WVkXmvHHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> What encoder software (Codec) to run what streaming video? Who offered
>>>> you the software?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org
>>>>
>>>> tempgal wrote:
>>>>> Hi --
>>>>>
>>>>> Be gentle, please. I'm not a techie and I'm pathetically old besides.
>>>>>
>>>>> My desktop computer is a 3.0ghz P4 with 1GB ram and plenty of GBs of
>>>>> unused
>>>>> space.
>>>>>
>>>>> The OS is WinXP Pro with SP2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've used a powered 4-port USB hub for years. Recently I bought a
>>>>> second
>>>>> one and connected the second hub to the first. I did not connect the
>>>>> power
>>>>> supply to the second hub because, when I asked the vendor's tech
>>>>> support
>>>>> representative if both power supplies needed to be plugged in, he told
>>>>> me
>>>>> no, that Windows would notify me if more power was needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> I connected a new webcam to the second USB hub. Everything seemed to
>>>>> work
>>>>> fine until I installed encoder software so that I could stream the
>>>>> video.
>>>>> After that, it seemed moments after booting, the CPU would be running
>>>>> at
>>>>> 100%. Even if I terminated the encoder and the webcam, the usage went
>>>>> down
>>>>> slightly but not a whole lot. There also wasn't much difference when
>>>>> I
>>>>> unchecked a bunch of things from msconfig startup and rebooted.
>>>>>
>>>>> I made things work by re-installing the webcam, its software and the
>>>>> encoder
>>>>> on my notebook computer which is connected to the same network. The
>>>>> desktop
>>>>> now runs well again but, of course, the notebook's CPU is at 100%.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, FINALLY now my question(s): Would using the power with the second
>>>>> USB
>>>>> hub help the CPU problem? Would additional memory resolve the CPU
>>>>> problem
>>>>> or would it still go to 100% usage no matter how much memory I
>>>>> install?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.