[IDEA] Dynamic priority process

[f1vefour]

Have you tried "kill -STOP xbmcpid" and resume it with "kill -CONT xbmcpid" instead of renicing the process?

I haven't actually tried but if it worked out it would effectively pause/resume xbmc, this would save many more CPU cycles.

This would be a good implementation for those whom have no need for xbmc to update in the background.