VLC drains battery on Mac
VLC is a battery drain on macOS (any version). I have a video playing in avc1+mp4a format.
VLC
The System Monitor reports that it takes 27% of cpu and records a staggering energy impact score of 43
. Even when the video is paused, the energy impact score hovers around 6.5
.
Reference player
Compare this with QuickTime player which scores between 7
and 10
when playing the same video, and virtually zero impact when the video is paused.
Edited by Filip Roséen