OS X client now uses discrete/dedicated graphic card on launch

[Porkepix]

Hello,

Using a macbook pro with a discrete/dedicated graphic card, I noticed that with the latest 3.1.X update, teamspeak is requiring a switch and use this dedicated card to run.

I was quite surprised to notice this as we're here only speaking about audio. I don't think this was intended, so can it be fixed? Otherwise, why this strange choice?

Regards

[Chris]

Please do the following:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/74882

for every one that is listed post a screenshot with the card selected. (In above link image that would mean two screenshots).

[Porkepix]

Please do the following:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/74882

for every one that is listed post a screenshot with the card selected. (In above link image that would mean two screenshots).

Here goes the two screenshots.

[Porkepix]

Hello, is there some updates on the topic?

Regards

[Ray.Gamma]

Hi!

I want to bring the following issue to your attention: when starting the newest TeamSpeak 3.1.3 I noticed it forces my Mac (MBP 15" Retina, model 2015, 10.12.4) to activate the dedicated graphics chip. This is not supposed to happen.

[Ray.Gamma]

Here are the screenshots as requested.

[dante696]

Thank you for that informmation.

I will add this to our ticket.

[Chris]

You can try to launch the client with the --force-opengl-soft parameter. No guarantees it does anything on Mac though.

[mmmatus]

Thank you for that informmation.

I will add this to our ticket.

Has there been any update on this matter? I'm running up to date TS3 client on my mac, and it is still using dedicated GPU since that update. It is annoying as it makes the battery drain faster when unplugged from power, and also makes the computer warmer.

[dante696]

There is no update for this issue and it looks like there is nothing we can do to change that.

Since client 3.1 features for web content have been added and we think this is why Mac OS or the graphics driver starts using the dedicated graphics card. It's not in our hands if that's the case.

[s0ph0s]

It's not in our hands if that's the case.

I'd like to respectfully disagree. From my perspective as a user, your application is the one requiring high performance GPU, and therefore it's your fault. I don't know whether there is some knob you can tweak, or whether you'll need to open an issue upstream with the cross-platform UI library that you're using. Either way, it's not OK for an application that shoves audio into a UDP socket to need the discrete GPU.

[hacker123]

Okay guys I have a solution! :)

After reading the apple documentation for developers I have found a simple solution.
(https://developer.apple.com/library/...34/_index.html)

Simply modify the info.plist to add the NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching boolean and set it to True. This can be achieved through a variety of methods. I used the terminal and edited the plist file with a text editor but it can also be edited through the GUI. Go to Fider => Applications => Teamspeak 3 Client and right click the application and choose "show package contents". Open the Contents folder and the info.plist should be there to edit. Mine opens with XCode but you might have to open with textedit if you do not have XCode installed. Just add the following lines after the first <dict>

<key>NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching</key>
<true/>

[At the bottom is my final plist file.] If you are confused I will be happy to assist you.

Teamspeak Devs, could you possibly add this as a global fix for everyone? Simple boolean value which allows us macbook pro users to be happy :D. The boolean allows for the MacOS system to decide when to use integrated graphics for OpenGL and when to use dGPU. This is prefered behaviour over constant use of the dGPU.

Before the fix the macbook would heat up a lot and the fans would whirr a lot and it would even impact game performance (when i game on my mac when i'm away from my gaming rig). However now the client can run quietly in the background without hogging all the resources.

The plist file should look something like this once finished:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching</key>
	<true/>
	<key>CFBundleName</key>
	<string>TeamSpeak 3</string>
	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>ts3client_mac</string>
	<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
	<string>TeamSpeak 3 Client</string>
	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
	<string>teamspeak.icns</string>
	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>com.teamspeak.TeamSpeak3</string>
	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
	<string>6.0</string>
	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
	<string>APPL</string>
	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
	<string>ts3c</string>
	<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
	<true/>
	<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
			<string>TeamSpeak 3 Server URL</string>
			<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
			<array>
				<string>ts3server</string>
			</array>
		</dict>
	</array>
	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
	<string>10.8</string>
</dict>
</plist>

[Sapd33]

@hacker123 's solution works flawlessly. Please incorporate this into the official Mac client.

[Actionklaus]

Okay guys I have a solution!

After reading the apple documentation for developers I have found a simple solution.
(https://developer.apple.com/library/...34/_index.html)

Simply modify the info.plist to add the NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching boolean and set it to True. This can be achieved through a variety of methods. I used the terminal and edited the plist file with a text editor but it can also be edited through the GUI. Go to Fider => Applications => Teamspeak 3 Client and right click the application and choose "show package contents". Open the Contents folder and the info.plist should be there to edit. Mine opens with XCode but you might have to open with textedit if you do not have XCode installed. Just add the following lines after the first <dict>

<key>NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching</key>
<true/>

[At the bottom is my final plist file.] If you are confused I will be happy to assist you.

Teamspeak Devs, could you possibly add this as a global fix for everyone? Simple boolean value which allows us macbook pro users to be happy . The boolean allows for the MacOS system to decide when to use integrated graphics for OpenGL and when to use dGPU. This is prefered behaviour over constant use of the dGPU.

Before the fix the macbook would heat up a lot and the fans would whirr a lot and it would even impact game performance (when i game on my mac when i'm away from my gaming rig). However now the client can run quietly in the background without hogging all the resources.

The plist file should look something like this once finished:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching</key>
	<true/>
	<key>CFBundleName</key>
	<string>TeamSpeak 3</string>
	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>ts3client_mac</string>
	<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
	<string>TeamSpeak 3 Client</string>
	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
	<string>teamspeak.icns</string>
	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>com.teamspeak.TeamSpeak3</string>
	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
	<string>6.0</string>
	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
	<string>APPL</string>
	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
	<string>ts3c</string>
	<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
	<true/>
	<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
			<string>TeamSpeak 3 Server URL</string>
			<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
			<array>
				<string>ts3server</string>
			</array>
		</dict>
	</array>
	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
	<string>10.8</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Thanks for your nice trick. It works, the graphics is not the dedicated one anymore. But mimic doesn't work anymore. Neither the Macbook mic nor the USB-mic or any other mic. In the MacOS they work, but not in TeamSpeak. Does anyone have the same problem?

Thank you for your help

[Actionklaus]

Sorry the microphone works when you allow TeamSpeak microphone usage in MacOS.

But if your restart the TeamSpeak-App crashes and wants to send an error-report to apple. Only changing the log file to original helps here. And then the dedicated graphics heats again.....

Does anyone have the same issues? I would be very happy about some help, if you got any ideas