From: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>

Remove song info update from 100hz idle function. We only need to update this
information once per second.

Index: audacious-devel/src/audacious/playback.c
===================================================================
--- audacious-devel.orig/src/audacious/playback.c
+++ audacious-devel/src/audacious/playback.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 #include "playback.h"
 
+static int song_info_timeout_source = 0;
 
 gint
 playback_get_time(void)
@@ -101,6 +102,11 @@ playback_initiate(void)
 
     playlist_check_pos_current(playlist);
     mainwin_set_info_text();
+    mainwin_update_song_info();
+
+    /* FIXME: use g_timeout_add_seconds when glib-2.14 is required */
+    song_info_timeout_source = g_timeout_add(1000,
+        (GSourceFunc) mainwin_update_song_info, NULL);
 
     hook_call("playback begin", entry);
 }
@@ -159,7 +165,10 @@ playback_stop(void)
 
     ip_data.buffering = FALSE;
     ip_data.playing = FALSE;
-    
+
+    if (song_info_timeout_source)
+        g_source_remove(song_info_timeout_source);
+
     g_return_if_fail(mainwin_playstatus != NULL);
     playstatus_set_status_buffering(mainwin_playstatus, FALSE);
 }
Index: audacious-devel/src/audacious/ui_main.c
===================================================================
--- audacious-devel.orig/src/audacious/ui_main.c
+++ audacious-devel/src/audacious/ui_main.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ mainwin_mouse_button_press(GtkWidget * w
                 set_timer_mode(TIMER_REMAINING);
             else
                 set_timer_mode(TIMER_ELAPSED);
+            mainwin_update_song_info();
         }
     }
 
@@ -3046,21 +3047,21 @@ mainwin_attach_idle_func(void)
                                        mainwin_idle_func, NULL);
 }
 
-static void
-idle_func_update_song_info(gint time)
+gboolean
+mainwin_update_song_info(void)
 {
+    gint time = playback_get_time();
     gint length, t;
     gchar stime_prefix;
 
+    if (!playback_get_playing() || time < 0)
+        return FALSE;
+
     if (ab_position_a != -1 && ab_position_b != -1 && time > ab_position_b)
         playback_seek(ab_position_a/1000);
 
     length = playlist_get_current_length(playlist_get_active());
-    if (playback_get_playing())
-        playlistwin_set_time(time, length, cfg.timer_mode);
-    else
-        playlistwin_hide_timer();
-    input_update_vis(time);
+    playlistwin_set_time(time, length, cfg.timer_mode);
 
     if (cfg.timer_mode == TIMER_REMAINING) {
         if (length != -1) {
@@ -3120,6 +3121,8 @@ idle_func_update_song_info(gint time)
         hslider_set_position(mainwin_position, 0);
         hslider_set_position(mainwin_sposition, 1);
     }
+
+    return TRUE;
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -3141,7 +3144,7 @@ mainwin_idle_func(gpointer data)
             break;
 
         default:
-            idle_func_update_song_info(time);
+            input_update_vis(time);
             /* nothing at this time */
     }
 
Index: audacious-devel/src/audacious/ui_main.h
===================================================================
--- audacious-devel.orig/src/audacious/ui_main.h
+++ audacious-devel/src/audacious/ui_main.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ void mainwin_general_menu_callback(gpoin
                                    GtkWidget * widget);
 
 void mainwin_attach_idle_func(void);
+gboolean mainwin_update_song_info(void);
 void mainwin_drag_data_received(GtkWidget * widget,
                                 GdkDragContext * context,
                                 gint x,