[MPlayer-dev-eng] Make ffmpeg MPEG1/2 decoder the default?

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 10:18:38AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 03:38:36PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > libmpeg2 may be still slightly faster (though probably not on the newer CPUs),
> > but it is quite crash-happy and otherwise buggy (see also 34582.mxf in
> > incoming).
> > Thus I am for making FFmpeg decoder the default, any objections?
> 
> I'm not too convinced of this since libmpeg2 was still faster the last
> time I tried and now we have a pending patch with further speedup.  I
> propose running benchmarks on many different CPUs instead.  Let's find
> out which one really is the fastest.  Maybe we can motivate somebody to
> try making FFmpeg speedier...

The point is that libmpeg2 is just horribly buggy and unmaintained, and
some of the speed is probably due to its buggyness.
Proper benchmarking is sure welcome, though in my personal opinion (I
know some might disagree, which is why I put this for discussion) no speed
difference can justify torturing our users with libmpeg2 by default.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger