[MPlayer-dev-eng] Delay at start of video playback

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 04:23:21PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:

> With my just-built copy of MPlayer with current FFmpeg, when I play a
> file that has a video stream (all the ones I've tried so far, at least),
> it hangs for an extended period - with heavy CPU utilization - before it
> brings up the video window. So far as I've measured, the total delay
> appears to be on the order of 20 seconds. Once the video window appears,
> things seem to work normally; CPU utilization goes down, playback is
> normal, and I can seek around in the file without apparent issues.

This reminds me of of another email
to this list with subject "Long startup times"
<https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2024-August/074187.html>
followed by a patch that removes -ffast-math from the compiler flags
<https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2024-August/074188.html>.
The latter email also points to a bug tracker entry at
<https://trac.mplayerhq.hu/ticket/2425>.

HTH,
Erik