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John Campbell <jdc.rpv@×××.net> wrote: |
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> On 03/29/2011 08:01 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: |
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> > While I've been quite pleased with mplayer as tweaked by Nikos |
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> > Chantziaras to allow Multi threading on my core-I7 (Nvidia) (and I |
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> > realize that MT will now be in the upstream distribution), I'm wondering |
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> > if mplayer2 is now stable and better enough to merit switching. |
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> Mplayer2 installs in parallel, so try them both. |
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> I moved to mplayer2 some time ago, before the name-change to |
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> mplayer2. I've had fewer issues with it than with mplayer but your |
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> mileage may vary. |
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> After a quick comparison I'd say they use about the same amount of CPU |
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> but mplayer still has problems with fontconfig freezing the video for |
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> a few seconds whenever fonts change in subtitles. This can be a real |
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> problem when subtitles contain a lot of UTF8 extended characters not |
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> actually found in the selected font. You also see a lot of "Glyf not |
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> found in font, choosing another font" warnings. |
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> Mplayer2 doesn't have this problem as it shifts fontconfig into |
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> another thread. Mplayer itself isn't multithreaded yet, just ffmpeg. |
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> Mplayer2 also handles mkv chapters, which aren't really all that |
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> useful anyway. |
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> So I'd say just install mplayer2, add threads=5 to your config and try |
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> them both. |
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I am not seeing mplayer2 in the tree -- unless it came in the last day |
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or so -- and which config takes the threads=5 parameter? |
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