macbook fan running during videos

[greendragon]

my macbook fan always kicks on when i start watching movies, is this normal? as soon as i stop the movie, it stops. just wondering?

thanks

 

[Eidorian]

1. Yes, it's normal.
2. Is it YouTube?

 

[66217]

1. Yes, it's normal.
2. Is it YouTube?

It never happens with my MB. It happens with games, but not with movies.

By movies do you mean DVDs?

 

[Nicolasdec]

You have to see my fans on my MBP when im watching MacBrake in 1080p.

 

[Eidorian]

You have to see my fans on my MBP when im watching MacBrake in 1080p.

That's CPU bound so you're going to be hearing the fans once the processor heats up.

 

[Nicolasdec]

That's CPU bound so you're going to be hearing the fans once the processor heats up.

And it gets so Hot, Im going to try and fry an egg on it.

 

[greendragon]

my macbook is the new 2.16, had it about a week now, and the fan is pretty loud, when watching movies. if it's normal, then fine, but if not, what should i do?

thanks

 

[Eidorian]

my macbook is the new 2.16, had it about a week now, and the fan is pretty loud, when watching movies. if it's normal, then fine, but if not, what should i do?

thanks

What kind of movies are you watching?

You might want to watch Activity Monitor while watching them as well.

 

[greendragon]

What kind of movies are you watching?

You might want to watch Activity Monitor while watching them as well.

dvds mainly, too processor intensive?

what is Activity Monitor and what does it do?

thanks

 

[Eidorian]

dvds mainly, too processor intensive?

what is Activity Monitor and what does it do?

thanks

Decoding is software based and don't mistake the drive spin up for fans.

 

[greendragon]

Decoding is software based and don't mistake the drive spin up for fans.

how loud should the drive spin sound?

 

[localoid]

how loud should the drive spin sound?

A little louder than the sound of birds chirping outside your window but softer than a dishwasher running a rinse cycle @ 10 feet.

 

[greendragon]

A little louder than the sound of birds chirping outside your window but softer than a dishwasher running a rinse cycle @ 10 feet.

WOW!! this answers alot!

 

[coledog]

A little louder than the sound of birds chirping outside your window but softer than a dishwasher running a rinse cycle @ 10 feet.

ROFL!!!

I know that my MBP makes a lot of noise when I'm watching movies.
It normally happens after about 30 minutes of watching...

 

[BlackMax]

my macbook fan always kicks on when i start watching movies, is this normal? as soon as i stop the movie, it stops. just wondering?

thanks

Its normal. I watch a lot of movies on my MacBook, but I've started wearing headphones when I do and I don't really notice the fans anymore.

 

[greendragon]

update... even movie trailers cause the cpu to jump to 90% + usage, fan kicks on. i have no other programs running, except activity monitor. is this normal for my macbook, or should i call ?

thanks

 

[dadsp33k]

my fan kicks on whenever i run aperture or even FireFTP in firefox. Some other progs as well. Am I doing anything wrong? Are there possible other programs running that I don't know about? How do I check?

 

[chex]

there is nothing *wrong* with the fans running

 

[dadsp33k]

there is nothing *wrong* with the fans running

but doesn't it mean it's using a lot of resources? can the great core duo not handle it?

 

[chex]

of course it can handle it, just because it is powerful doesn't mean it throttle back and 'conserve resources' to give you average performance, it will use its resources to give the best performance possible.

basically, you use cpu, cpu gets hot, cpu gets cooled by fans.

if it 'couldn't handle' it you wouldn't be getting smooth playback.

 

[Igantius]

Have you checked that the rear vent isn't blocked?