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

[Rich Felker]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 11:18:18AM +0400, Vladimir Mosgalin 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..

And I think you're full of it. Unlike idiot windows gamer kiddies, we
do not assume everyone buys a new computer every year or even every 10
years. 366 mhz is the baseline system for playing dvd now and, the
lower we can move the baseline for playing h264, the better.

Also multi-core is just idiotic. It wastes power. The smartest use of
a multicore system (aside from leaving it on the shelf) is leaving all
but one core idle.

Rich