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

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 9/19/06, Vladimir Mosgalin <mosgalin at vm10124.spb.edu> wrote:
> 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..

That's true... But like always, the ones who care about such a feature
should help themselves with their keyboard and code support for it.

Guillaume
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