[mythtv-users] do we need a vido configuration tester

[Dan Wilga]

On 8/23/10 3:47 PM, Andrew Barbaccia wrote:
> Drop down to select video renderer (i.e. VDPAU)
> Text box to specify options (i.e. vdpaubuffersize=32)
> Number of CPUs to use
> Directory of video clips you want to test
> Number of seconds / test
>
> Then a big button that says "Go".
>
> The system would then run through all the deinterlacers for each of 
> the clips specified for the duration stated above. Detailed log files 
> would be dumped to the log directory already provided within setup. 
> Lots of information could be reported like list of errors, average CPU 
> load, total dropped frames, audio buffer under run, was the test 
> successful, etc.
>
> Anyone else have some thoughts on this?

I think I'd want to be able to specify things like time stretch (or have 
it obey the same playback group rules MFE does.) One of the things I've 
noticed is that both audio and video often have problems when sped up, 
depending on the settings. I'd also want the seek/jump features to 
work--even if only via keyboard--since this is often a determining 
factor in a setting's acceptability.

-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."