[mythtv-users] The dreaded pre-buffering pause

[Kevin Ross]

> >> You need to select 'VDPAU Normal' as your playback profile in
> >> Setup->TV Settings->Playback Profiles(3/8). The Atom isn't strong
> >> enough to handle software decode for many cases.
> >>
> >
> > This is a low-power system with an Intel i945 graphics chip....  No
> VDPAU
> > support (at least not for the next year or two....)  I was hoping I
> can
> > enable multi-threading or some such in the decode to use both CPU
> cores....
> >  I haven't found a way to do that.
> >
> 
> Sorry, I jumped the gun on that. Unfortunately ffmpeg doesn't
> currently support multi-threaded decode. There is a separate ffmpeg-mt
> branch which has yet to be merged and from what I read it's not
> expected to happen any time soon. Some of the deinterlacers have
> multi-threaded support. So just because you increase the Max CPUs
> doesn't mean the decoder will use more than one.

Support for the Broadcom Crystal HD will probably be added before ffmpeg-mt
is.