[MPlayer-users] IS SMP support for X264 decoding possible

[Vladimir Mosgalin]

Hi Rich Felker!

 On 2006.09.19 at 03:09:35 -0400, Rich Felker wrote next:

> > >>I have some test 1080i h264 files that currently flatline a single
> > >>cpu, but should decode well if I could use all of a dual core.
> > >
> > >x264 doesn't decode at all. ffh264 is the decoder, and no it  
> > >doesn't support SMP.
> > 
> > Well, there's no reason that MPlayer still can't take advantage of  
> > some SMP stuff. For example: decoding audio on the second core, or  
> > applying any filters using the second core.
> 
> The reason is that it's slower except on SMP, impossible to debug, and
> just ugly.

Well, dual-core cpus rock modern desktops, and soon four-core desktops
cpus will come both from intel and amd... /me thinks argument about
beeing "faster" without threads doesn't apply anymore..

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Vladimir