[MPlayer-users] Comment on menconder on multiprocessors.

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > yes. it's optimized for single cpu systems.
> > and we don't even plan to change this.
> > for player: no sense, duap cpu desktops are rare, and even then one cpu is
> >   more than enough for playback
> > for encoder: impossible to paralellize encoding, unless you encode 2
> >   different streams but then run 2 mencoder instances
> >
> >
> > A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
> 
> When encoding in 3 passes, does the third pass need to wait for the second 
> passe to be terminated? 
of course.
it's the main point of 3 passes: 3rd pass uses the statistics from 2nd pass.

> If not one could imagine to start the third pass on the second processor while 
> the first pass is still running.

the only thing yo can do is making 2CD dvd rips in paralell on 2 cpu, cd1
encoding on cpu 1 and cd2 encoding on cpu 2.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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