CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en ports.xml,1.70,1.71
CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv1319/en Modified Files: ports.xml Log Message: known bugs with P4 and SSE, small fixes based on a patch by compn < . tempn . @ . twmi . . . rr . . . com . > Index: ports.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml,v retrieving revision 1.70 retrieving revision 1.71 diff -u -r1.70 -r1.71 --- ports.xml 13 Sep 2005 11:04:20 -0000 1.70 +++ ports.xml 10 Dec 2005 19:01:01 -0000 1.71 @@ -505,11 +505,25 @@ console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance on some systems. Direct rendering (<option>-dr</option>) may also help. - You can prevent OSD flicker through double buffering with the - <option>-double</option> option. If playback is jerky, try + If playback is jerky, try <option>-autosync 100</option>. If some of these options help you, you may want to put them in your config file.</para> +<note> + +<para>On Windows the runtime CPU-detection disables SSE support + because of recurring and hard to trace SSE-related crashes. If you + wish to have SSE support, you will have to compile without runtime + CPU-detection. +</para> + +<para>If you have a Pentium 4 and are experiencing a crash using the + realplayer codecs you may need to disable hyperthreading support. +</para> + +</note> + + <sect2 id="cygwin"> <title><application>Cygwin</application></title>
Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
+<para>On Windows the runtime CPU-detection disables SSE support + because of recurring and hard to trace SSE-related crashes. If you + wish to have SSE support, you will have to compile without runtime + CPU-detection.
I don't think that "runtime CPU-detection" is appropriate; the hyphen makes it weird. I'd prefer to remove the hyphen, as would seem to be required by (unwritten?) policy. (I'd also prefer to hyphenate "hard-to-trace", but that's less important IMO.) I'd say "If you wish to have SSE support under Windows,", for full accuracy - but that's because I'm paranoid about precision.
+<para>If you have a Pentium 4 and are experiencing a crash using the + realplayer codecs you may need to disable hyperthreading support.
Isn't that "RealPlayer"? Also, comma after "codecs". -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 03:56:32PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
+<para>On Windows the runtime CPU-detection disables SSE support + because of recurring and hard to trace SSE-related crashes. If you + wish to have SSE support, you will have to compile without runtime + CPU-detection.
I don't think that "runtime CPU-detection" is appropriate; the hyphen makes it weird. I'd prefer to remove the hyphen, as would seem to be required by (unwritten?) policy.
(I'd also prefer to hyphenate "hard-to-trace", but that's less important IMO.)
I'd say "If you wish to have SSE support under Windows,", for full accuracy - but that's because I'm paranoid about precision.
+<para>If you have a Pentium 4 and are experiencing a crash using the + realplayer codecs you may need to disable hyperthreading support.
Isn't that "RealPlayer"?
Also, comma after "codecs".
Everything approved, commit :) Diego
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