[MPlayer-dev-eng] Regarding x264 decoding optimizations

[RC]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:42:22 +0100
Peter Niemayer <niemayer at isg.de> wrote:

> Just assign the work of decoding one complete GOP (from one I-frame
> to the next) to CPU core 1, the next GOP to CPU core 2 etc. to CPU
> core N.

With x264's default keyint=250, and 8 cores, you're waiting 80
seconds before playback can start.  Not to mention that multiple
reference frames (open GOPs) could complicate things much more.