[mythtv-users] mythfrontend vs mplayer cpu usage

[Johnny Russ]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 11/10/2008 08:03 PM, Al McIntosh wrote:
> > The card does not support XVMC, so we can rule that out.
> >
> > I have the following in my frontend output:
> >
> > 2008-11-10 19:15:58.470 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
> > Initialize Yadif Deinterlacer. In-Pixformat = 1 Out-Pixformat=1
> > yadifdeint: size changed from 0 x 0 -> 720 x 480
>
> Yadif = chew up CPU
>
> Set your playback profile group to the default configuration of Slim and
> you'll get a more realistic comparison (although chances are MPlayer is
> not doing any deinterlacing at all, so really to compare, you'd have to
> enable a similar-quality deinterlacer).
>
>
I totally agree if you are only interested in making a comparison with
mplayer. However, since your CPU can handle it (you indicated 50%
utilization), you may find it is worth the extra CPU cycles to use one of
the better deinterlacers. Whether it is worth it or not would depend on your
setup and your personal preferences.
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