[MEncoder-users] Help with mencoder/codecs on G4 upgraded PowerMac 9600

[larrystotler at netscape.net]

 I've installed mplayer/mencoder on my PowerMac 9600. Here's the specs:
 
 openSuSE v10.0, kernel 2.6.13.x
 G4/700/256k/2M(L3) w/ a 50Mhz bus 
 1GB RAM(interleaved)
 40MB/s SCSI HDD
 
 I'm not so sure this is a mencoder problem, but here goes:
 
 re-encoding audio with mencoder using mp3lame, I get about 45-50fps. This is faster than my 500Mhz Xeon, which gets about 33-37fps on the same files.
 
 mencoder file -oac mp3lame -ovc copy -o test.audio
 mencoder test.audio -oac copy -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=1:turbo -o test.avi
 mencoder test.audio -oac copy -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=1536 -o test.avi
 
 However, when I re-encode video using xvid, I only get about 6-8fps. On the Xeon 500, I get around 12-14, again on the same files. On the x86, I install and compile nasm before compiling xvid. Since nasm is an IA32 assembler, I have tried installing yasm instead. With or without yasm, there is no difference in speed. 
 
 Also, video playback is horrible on this system. I thought that my G3/400 was bad, but the G4/700 is hardly any better. Doesn't matter if it's DVD/MPEG2, XviD, or X264 .avi files. I get the "your system is too slow to play this".
 
 Other than the slow memory bus of 50Mhz(interleaving is supposed to increase that by about 20%), this system is fairly fast. So, I'm wondering if it has to do with how I'm compiling MPlayer/mencoder. 
 
 Does anyone have any suggestions/tips for compiling on G4 based systems? Thanx
  
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