[MEncoder-users] x264 encoding slower after updating libx264

[Dâniel Fraga]

	I always recorded my videos using the following options:

TODAY=$( date +%Y%m%d )
NOW=$( date +%H:%M )
/usr/local/bin/mencoder -tv
device=/dev/video1:input=3:norm=pal-m:amode=1:contrast=5:saturation=-10
-ovc x264 -x264encopts pass=1:bitrate=1500:subq=6:threads=4 -oac
mp3lame  -o /home/fraga/src/tvrecord-${TODAY}-${NOW}.avi tv://

	on this machine:

Athlon64 X2 5600+
2GB DDR2-800

	then I updated my git x264 repository. It went from
libx264.so.67 to libx264.so.78.

	The problem is that now I can't recorded without filling the
mencoder buffer because it can't maintain 29.97 fps while recording. It
struggles to be on 27, 28 fps or lower. Before my update, it recorded
29.97 fps fine.

	So something has changed which reduced the performance.

	I want to ask the following: should I talk to x264 authors or
could it be some change in mencoder?

	Thanks.

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