[MPlayer-users] VDPAU performance with an Asus AT3N7A-I

[Richard Hartmann]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 00:15, Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala at pp1.inet.fi> wrote:

> You said that playback "gets choppy when a lot of detail is in the
> video", but also "playback is far from smooth". So is it isolated cases
> of "choppiness", or are there constant problems?

There are a few sequences that are _really_ hard to watch, others
are smooth.


> And it stays there also during any particularly "choppy" parts?

Yes.


> You could also check that this makes no difference for the A-V value
> during any "choppy" parts - the sync/drop behavior could perhaps make
> the effect of individual particularly slow to decode frames less
> apparent on the status line by allowing faster recovery.

It does not change during the choppy parts.


> One simple way to check which one is being
> used is to suspend MPlayer with ctrl-Z (so it can't redraw its window)
> and then move another window over MPlayer's output window. If the window
> contents stay intact then it's the overlay queue; if they're lost when
> hidden from view then it's the blit version.

OK, I will do that once I am at home!


Richard