Steven Blatchford wrote: > On 22:28 Sun 22 Jun, Omry Yadan wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I recently started to watch full HD H264 videos (1920x1080). >> It's really heavy on the CPU, and I had to get coreavc for linux, which >> is an adaptation of coreavc - a windows multi-core decoder for h264 to >> linux. >> my problem is that even with that codec, my system is right on the edge >> of properly decoding the video at real time. >> I found that if I start mplayer from Freevo (1.8) it doesn't play fast >> enough, but when if I kill freevo and start it from the command line it >> plays fast enough (only if I kill freevo!). >> >> I noticed freevo uses a small amount of CPU even when mplayer is >> running, which is probably what causing my problem. >> >> any plans to make freevo consume less cpu when playing a video? >> (suspending threads, stoping timers etc). >> >> Omry. >> > > Hi Om, > Did setting 'POLL_TIME = 0.05' in your local_conf.py fix this for you? > I too am using the coreavc video codec on a 1920x1080 display. My > processor is 2.0Ghz duo core. My video chipset is the Intel Corporation > Mobile 945GM/GMS -- in case you were wondering about my setup. > > When I play a mkv file with freevo I notice slight video tearing and > slight blocky video. Using 'ps ax |grep mplayer' to find the command > freevo is using, I play this from the cli and the video is fine. > > I added the 'POLL_TIME = 0.05' to my local_conf.py, restarted freevo and > saw no noticable change. I also use ffmpeg codec on a 720p x264 with > the same result. > I just tried, and I didn't see any noticeable improvement. the symptoms in my case is that the movie (1920x1080 h264) starts to play smooth, but after a minute or two the coreavc codec starts to get choked and I begin to see many small freezes.
My setup is Pentium D 3ghz with GT 8600. video card is not relevant here because the bottleneck is decoding, and since nvidia drivers for linux does not support pure video (hardware assisted h264 decoding). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
