[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Use "-nocache" option in TOOLS/midentify.sh

[Rodrigo Campos]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 04:55:15PM -0300, Rodrigo Campos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attached there is a simple patch that adds the "-nocache" option to the script
> midentify.sh in TOOLS/.
> 
> There are long delays with some hosts and using the cache only makes it take
> longer, when we don't really need the cache. For example, from my ISP at
> Argentina, using this option reduce *a lot* the time needed to run the script
> with certain hosts:
> 
> (before the patch)
> 
> $ time TOOLS/midentify.sh http://58.69.143.152:8080
> ID_AUDIO_ID=0
> ID_FILENAME=http://58.69.143.152:8080
> ID_DEMUXER=audio
> ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=85
> ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=40000
> ID_AUDIO_RATE=22050
> ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
> ID_START_TIME=0.00
> ID_LENGTH=-0.00
> ID_SEEKABLE=0
> ID_CHAPTERS=0
> ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=40000
> ID_AUDIO_RATE=22050
> ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
> ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
> ID_EXIT=EOF
> 
> real	0m33.409s
> user	0m0.068s
> sys	0m0.032s
> 
> 
> (after the patch)
> 
> $ time TOOLS/midentify.sh http://58.69.143.152:8080
> ID_AUDIO_ID=0
> ID_FILENAME=http://58.69.143.152:8080
> ID_DEMUXER=audio
> ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=85
> ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=40000
> ID_AUDIO_RATE=22050
> ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
> ID_START_TIME=0.00
> ID_LENGTH=-0.00
> ID_SEEKABLE=0
> ID_CHAPTERS=0
> ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=40000
> ID_AUDIO_RATE=22050
> ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
> ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
> ID_EXIT=EOF
> 
> real	0m5.340s
> user	0m0.052s
> sys	0m0.044s
> 
> 
> The time also improves for some local streams (as expected, I think :))
> 
> 
> Attached (inline) it is the path against r34643 (HEAD when  writing this email)
> taken from the project root. If there is anything I should change in the patch,
> or you want me to try something else, please let me know :)

Ping ? :)

It's been a week since the orig submit with no reason to reject it yet, and the
patch is *really* simple (adding "-nocache" option to TOOLS/midentify.sh :))






Thanks a lot,
Rodrigo