Retina 15'' interface lagging in higher resolution

Hello, I have a macbook pro retina 15'' I bought it a month ago, I have a problem when I switch to higher resolution (i.e. 1920px) the interface lags a bit... for example when switching from a virtual desktop to another using the magic mouse. Do you have any solution?

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Performance Lag for higher resolution

I have developed a touch based flash application with a resolution of 5120x1440.
There is performance lag in two areas.
1) FPS is low (below 33) and Graphic lag is high (sometimes hitting > 80 ms)
2) Touch response is slow (using touchlib)
I'm using a PC of the following specs.
CPU: Intel i7-4770 3.4GHz
RAM: Kingston 8GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-OC
GPU: 4x Gigabyte Geforce GT630 2GB
PSU: 1000W
Currently, the GPU Load is hitting at most 20% and the CPU usage is most of time below 50%. If I keep invoking the touch events, the app will ocassionally freeze and GPU Load drops to 0% for a while before coming back to normal and app becomes responsive again.
Is there a hardware compatilbility issue? Is there any way to improve on the touch responsiveness?
Thanks...

If the computer recognized the three monitors as three
monitors, and not one really wide monitor, then you could run three
full screen flash programs at the same time, one on each screen,
also syncing them with localConnection. It could be pretty easy to
sync content if you created a movie clip to hold all your animation
(the movie clip can be 4080 px wide) and then animated everything
so that a very wide clip had the entire animation. Then use a stage
with a width of 1360 and move this clip to x positions 0, -1360,
and -2720, each time saving the movie and publishing. If you have
one that sends localConnection cues to the others, then it should
be able to sync things up.
This is much easier said than done of course, as I dunno what
kind of content you're running, audio, video, etc. Plus, I think
you're dealing with a situation where you have a computer that sees
one big screen and not 3 smaller ones, so the second solution might
not work.
You could try a similar thing and drop all of them in a
Director shell, which will do 4080 pixels wide, and use the same
technique, but that could be a big performance hit, and it adds
another (expensive) pieces of software.

Mplayer lags at high resolutions

Setup information: Up-to-date Arch x86_64, Nvidia 8800GT with up-to-date closed source drivers, E6750 @ 3.2 GHz, Asus Xonar DX (which I only mention because in the outputs below you'll see "AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)", and this sound card does support 192kHz audio).
I recently bought a new monitor, which change my setup from one 1280x1024 screen and one 1024x768 screen to one 1920x1200 screen and one 1280x1024 screen, and now when I try to play content fullscreened it lags much more than it did before. I used to be able to watch h.264 encoded 720p content fullscreened on my larger monitor, but now It's slower even in a window than it used to be fullscreen. And fullscreened it's unbearably slow, unless I use -vo gl2 in which case it is slightly less but still glitchy and jumpy. Normally I use -vo xv, and I tried to use -vo xvidix but I wasn't able to get that to work at all. I even went so far as to buy CoreAVC Pro and was able to get that to work with mplayer, but it doesn't make anything better.
Here is my mplayer config file:
[default]
ass=1
embeddedfonts=1
vo=xv
fontconfig=1
sid=0
alang=jpn
Here is my output when I try to use -vo xv (with -vc coreserve):
MPlayer dev-SVN-r27799-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
127 audio & 254 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing [m.3.3.w] Chaos Head - 01 (H.264) [462A8A3A].mkv.
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_AAC), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Track ID 3: subtitles (S_TEXT/ASS), -sid 0, -slang und
[mkv] Will play video track 1.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO: [avc1] 1280x720 24bpp 23.976 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[ass] auto-open
[ass] Init
==========================================================================
Forced video codec: coreserve
Opening video decoder: [dshowserver] DirectShowServer video codecs
shm:/dshow_shm.5db627b0
sem1:/dshow_sem1.5db627b0
sem2:/dshow_sem2.5db627b0
Opening device
Called unk_IsDebuggerPresent
len: 992
ProductVersion: 1.7.0
Decoder supports the following YUV formats: YUY2 UYVY YV12 I420
Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x2b)
Setting fmt
Starting
Initialization is complete
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2)
[PP] Using codec's postprocessing, max q = 4.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
Found DirectShow filterSelected video codec: [coreserve] vfm: dshowserver (CoreAVC DShow H264 decoder 1.3 for x86 - http://corecodec.org/)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s!
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
pts value <= previous: -0.292 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
************ 17.3 A-V: 0.001 ct: -0.021 0/ 0 14% 3% 0.5% 1 0
framecount=415
Destroying filter
Exiting... (Quit)
And here is the output with -vo gl2 (also with -vc coreserve):
MPlayer dev-SVN-r27799-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
127 audio & 254 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing [m.3.3.w] Chaos Head - 01 (H.264) [462A8A3A].mkv.
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_AAC), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Track ID 3: subtitles (S_TEXT/ASS), -sid 0, -slang und
[mkv] Will play video track 1.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO: [avc1] 1280x720 24bpp 23.976 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Opening video filter: [scale]
[ass] auto-open
[ass] Init
==========================================================================
Forced video codec: coreserve
Opening video decoder: [dshowserver] DirectShowServer video codecs
shm:/dshow_shm.9a6337b0
sem1:/dshow_sem1.9a6337b0
sem2:/dshow_sem2.9a6337b0
Opening device
Called unk_IsDebuggerPresent
len: 992
ProductVersion: 1.7.0
Decoder supports the following YUV formats: YUY2 UYVY YV12 I420
Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x2b)
Setting fmt
Starting
Initialization is complete
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2)
[PP] Using codec's postprocessing, max q = 4.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
[swscaler @ 0x3269c70]using unscaled yuv420p -> bgr24 special converter
VO: [gl2] 1280x720 => 1280x720 BGR 24-bit
[gl2] You have OpenGL >= 1.2 capable drivers, GOOD (16bpp and BGR is ok!)
[gl2] antialiasing off
[gl2] bilinear linear
Found DirectShow filterSelected video codec: [coreserve] vfm: dshowserver (CoreAVC DShow H264 decoder 1.3 for x86 - http://corecodec.org/)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s!
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
pts value <= previous: -0.265 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
************ 14.2 A-V: 0.001 ct: 0.005 0/ 0 7% 69% 0.4% 6 0
framecount=342
Destroying filter
Exiting... (Quit)
Note that the second one lags less and doesn't seem to vary depending on whether I have it fullscreened or not, whereas the former looks about the same in a window as -vo gl2 but fullscreened skips significantly more.
If necessary I can post more verbose output non-CoreAVC decodes, but I do not think that is the problem as it only skips more when I don't use -vc coreserve.
I have also tried viewing the file with VLC, which does not fare any better.
I can't help but think I should be able to fix this problem by modifying the configuration, as it used to work much better at the lower resolution, and when I'm in windows playing this with CCCP and MPC-HC it doesn't skip at all, fullscreened or otherwise. Does anyone see anything that could possibly be the problem?

I just rebooted into linux, updated everything, configured the framebuffer and rebooted. I had it in 1920x1200x32 with vesa, and when I tried to play the same video with mplayer in the framebuffer two noticeable things happened: 1) the video only took up the upper left corner and I could not maximze it to the full screen size, and 2) it still lagged.
I backed up my xorg.conf and reran nvidia-xconfig, which seems to have changed nothing... it still lags no matter what vo I use. Here is my xorg.conf:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Oct 1 15:12:53 PDT 2008
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Oct 1 15:13:37 PDT 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "LEN L220xwC"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "DamageEvents" "True"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "InitialPixmapPlacement" "2"
Option "GlyphCache" "1"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +1280+0, DFP: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0, DFP: NULL; CRT: 640x480 +0+0, DFP: NULL"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768_75 +1280+0, DFP: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0, DFP: NULL; CRT: 640x480 +0+0, DFP: NULL"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768_60 +1280+0, DFP: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: NULL +0+0, DFP: 1280x1024"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200 +0+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024 +1920+0; DFP-0: 1280x1024 +0+0, DFP-1: NULL"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
This seems to have just changed my previous configuration. I'm going to try mucking around with it a bit to see if it gets any better.
EDIT: I just tried switching from twinview to xinerama with nvidia-settings (just a GUI xorg.conf configurator that comes with nvidia drivers) and now things play FINE when I use -vo gl2. However, compositing no longer works, and things look all-around cruddier. So I think the problem here is twinview... That makes me pessimistic about ever seeing improvement...
EDIT2: I think I just solved the problem. All I did was enable "Sync to VBlank" in the nvidia-settings configuration menus "X ServerXVideo Settings" and "OpenGL Settings". Now when I run with compiz DISABLED, things work fine. If compiz is running, however, it runs as cruddily as before, with all the tearing. This is not a huge issue however, as I am fine with disabling compiz whenever I want to watch HD content. I believe the key point here was that I needed OpenGL to sync to vblank, and XGL does not have this option (as far as I am aware), so it will not work as well when I am using compiz.
Last edited by plus_M (2008-10-23 02:17:20)

How can I open Adobe Bridge CS6 in high resolution on my MacBook Pro Retina display?

How can I open Adobe Bridge CS6 in high resolution on my MacBook Pro Retina display? When I click Get Info, the "Open in Low Resolution" box is marked and locked. How can I unmark this box? I currently run 10.9.1. I can open Adobe Photoshop CS6 in high resolution without any problem. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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jjay91 wrote:
Hi,
I have trouble seeing smaller text, and I am wondering if the higher resolution on the 13 inch macbook pro with retinal display will make Safari's menu and fonts or any other applications fonts smaller and therfore harder to read.
I figured a higher resolution means more can fit on a page and therefore everything is smaller. Not sure though?
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Hi,
The video features for Windows 32 bit systems are no longer supported starting with Photoshop CC (14.0).
Sorry,
steve

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I am curious about what other people think of the advantages and disadvantages of the high resolution displays. Perhaps it is just a personal preference on the part of different users but non-graphics users I have talked to who have used the high res screens say they don't like them and why but I have yet to talk to any artists who have used them and whether artists find real advantages. My feeling is that it would be good to be able to fit a larger (more pixels) image on the screen or is it better to just leave high res screens to those who work with high definition video/animation?
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Your description of the issue is not clear:
What format, bit depth and color was your original file "from the net"? It sounds like it was a Color Indexed GIF, which would cause what you are describing.
In the Macintosh Finder, select said "net image" and do a Get Info on it (Command+i). When the Info box appears in the Finder, take a screen shot and upload it here by using the little camera icon in the Reply Editor in the forum's web interface.
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