[MPlayer-users] Too many frames removed with softskip

[Darwin O'Connor]

I could see the problem with the clips when I played them side by side,
although I didn't make them full screen. I have created new versions that
are longer and higher resolution. It is easier to see if you look at one at
a time. The one with softskip is noticeably jerky, while the other one is
not.

They are at the same locations http://doconnor.homeip.net/ToyStory.mp4 and
http://doconnor.homeip.net/ToyStory_softskip.mp4



Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:16:29 +0200
> From: houghi <houghi at houghi.org>
> To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports"
>         <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] oo many frames removed with softskip
> Message-ID: <20130401071629.GA10156 at penne.houghi>
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> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:17:01PM -0400, Darwin O'Connor wrote:
> > I scaled both down to reduce file size, but the effect can still be seen.
> >
> > I'm using Gentoo mplayer 1.1-r1
>
> I downloaded the files and ran a script that says:
> #!/bin/bash
> DISPLAY=:0.0 mplayer -fs ToyStory_softskip.mp4 &
> DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs ToyStory.mp4 &
>
> That way I can see the movies next to each other on different monitors.
>
> I do not see any difference. This can be due to several things:
> 1) Too short a sample. So I have not enough to look at
> 2) Too much downscaling. The downscaling minimized or removed the issue or
> made them equal in both samples.
> 3) I am trying to look for the wrong things
> 4) Bad eyesight because of old age or what disturbs you does not disturb
> me.
>
> What I run:
> MPlayer dev-SVN-r35127-4.7-openSUSE Linux 12.2 (x86_64)-Packman (C)
> 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
> CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD  max cpuid level: 13
> CPU: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor            (Family: 21, Model:
> 2, Stepping: 0)
> extended cpuid-level: 30
> extended cache-info: 134250816
> Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNowExt: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 SSSE3: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> <snip>
>
>
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