[Mplayer-dev-eng] release 0.18...

[Arpi]

Hi,

> >> (if it's truth that mplayer runs several processes on separate cpus)
> >not true. it runs in only one process/thread now.
> >
> Then I dont know! If mplayer consist from one process without threads which can be run
> on other cpus - there must be no difference between uni- and multi- processor systems.
> In this case problem is not in mplayer but outside.
> But I think you are wrong.
> Please look at line # 61 of codecctrl.c:
>       if((child_pid=fork())==0){
It's the old code. Not used in the current version.

> IMHO fork creates process which can be run on any cpu by kernel opinion.
> and it placed in mpeg_codec_controller :(
> But seems that this function never called. Sorry if I'm wrong.
Somewhere in mplayer.c there is some #ifdef-s to enable old fork() code,
but as latest changes wasn't applied to that code, it may be broken.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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