[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] updated diff for libdvdread-0.9.5

[Corey Hickey]

Alban Bedel wrote:
>>>> I think we should try to benchmark this.  I'm not sure what the best way
>>>> to benchmark a demuxer is, though.  Will something like
> 
> You want to benchmark the stream here, not the demuxer. Try -dumpstream
> perhaps.
> 
>> Sure?  From the man page:
>>
>>   null
>>     Produces no audio output but maintains video playback
>>     speed.  Use -nosound for benchmarking.
> 
> Yep ao null will sleep.

I tried to make a fix for that recently, in order to benchmark the faad 
update patch ....and I got lost.

If it's at all practical and anybody sees how, it could be useful to 
have the "-ao null -benchmark combination" not sleep. Maybe I just 
missed the right way to do it.

-Corey