[FFmpeg-user] CPU load/performance change

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Rhodri James <rhodri <at> kynesim.co.uk> writes:

> >> It takes X cycles to do do a 480P H.264 encoding/decoding then
> >> how much it would change if the same software we
> >> use to do 1080P H264 Encoding/decoding.
> >
> > I am quite sure this question cannot be answered.
> > That said, I would expect linear performance behaviour.
> 
> Shouldn't it nearer to square, given that height is changing
> as well as width?

I of course meant linear with respect to the number of pixels, 
but I may be wrong...
(and I may have been unclear)

Carl Eugen