[vdr] CPU usage mplayer versus xine on my box...

[Gregoire Favre <Gregoire.Favre@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I have done a small test to see the difference between xine and mplayer
regarding CPU usage, and I was a little surprised by the hudge
difference in some sort.

I really like the xine-plugin, but I think that a mplayer-plugin would
be also a good choice, I have to try the vdr-softdevice also :-)

All tests done on my amd64@3000 1Gb and MSI Nvidia 5950 Ultra 256Mb.

Time to play a VDR PAL 720x576 25 fps, 68Mb, 4:3 on mplayer and xine :

time mplayer -vo x11 002.vdr
real    1m37.196s
user    0m20.591s
sys     0m0.755s
---
time mplayer -vo xv 002.vdr
real    1m36.073s
user    0m17.087s
sys     0m1.048s
---
time mplayer -vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc 002.vdr
real    1m36.124s
user    0m6.446s
sys     0m0.401s
---
time mplayer -vo xvmc:queue:port=111 -vc ffmpeg12mc 002.vdr
real    1m36.254s
user    0m6.426s
sys     0m0.354s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xshm 002.vdr
real    1m36.533s
user    0m23.751s
sys     0m0.902s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xv 002.vdr
real    1m36.501s
user    0m15.675s
sys     0m0.622s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xvmc 002.vdr
real    1m36.447s
user    0m10.130s
sys     0m0.577s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xxmc 002.vdr
real    1m36.772s
user    0m11.173s
sys     0m0.553s
-----------------------------------------
Time to play the files made with :
mencoder 002.vdr -oac copy -ovc lavc -lacopts vcodec=mpeg4:vqscale=2:vhq:v4mv:trell:autoaspect -o try.avi

time mplayer -vo x11 try.avi
real    1m36.284s
user    0m18.606s
sys     0m0.635s
---
time mplayer -vo xv try.avi
real    1m36.054s
user    0m14.976s
sys     0m1.028s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xshm try.avi
real    1m36.719s
user    0m32.530s
sys     0m0.942s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xv try.avi
real    1m36.234s
user    0m27.358s
sys     0m0.869s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xxmc try.avi
real    1m36.258s
user    0m27.464s
sys     0m0.710s
--------------------------------------

Time to play 1920x1088 25 fps 16:9 vdr files of 58Mb :

time mplayer -vo x11 001.vdr
real    0m29.278s
user    0m24.547s
sys     0m0.610s
!!! same test with the new pre6 gives :
real    0m29.141s
user    0m21.587s
sys     0m1.565s
---
time mplayer -vo xv 001.vdr
real    0m29.198s
user    0m24.190s
sys     0m0.673s
!!! same test with the new pre6 gives :
real    0m29.416s
user    0m22.257s
sys     0m1.752s
---
time mplayer -vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc 001.vdr
real    0m29.371s
user    0m8.160s
sys     0m0.287s
!!! same test with the new pre6 gives :
real    0m29.315s
user    0m8.074s
sys     0m0.734s
---
time mplayer -vo xvmc:queue:port=111 -vc ffmpeg12mc 001.vdr
real    0m29.211s
user    0m8.211s
sys     0m0.269s
!!! same test with the new pre6 gives :
real    0m29.321s
user    0m8.155s
sys     0m0.739s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xshm 001.vdr
real    0m29.620s
user    0m23.838s
sys     0m1.186s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xv 001.vdr
real    0m29.613s
user    0m22.875s
sys     0m1.101s
---
time xine --auto-play=q -V xxmc 001.vdr
real    0m29.605s
user    0m22.420s
sys     0m0.994s
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	Grégoire Favre
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