[MPlayer-users] "-aop list=surround" is slooooooow!

[Steffen Barszus]

On Saturday 14 December 2002 18:39, Attila Kinali wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 08:11:51 +0100
>
> bilboen <bilboen at online.no> wrote:
> > How come "-aop list=surround" slow things down to about 50% of normal
> > speed? The CPU usage is ~ 0.5%, so cpu usage is not an issue.
>
> There is something called I/O usage. Todays PCs limit is not the CPU,
> infact their CPU is too fast for most users, but the I/O performance
> is that bad, that they cant feed their CPUs with enough data or,
> like in your case, the CPU cant get the data out fast enough.
>
> Yes, that's the reason why people who know real hardware call
> PC crap. And that's the reason why a 10 year old ultra 1 can
> still be faster for I/O intensive applications than a brand new PC.
>
> 		Attila Kinali

Sorry but in this case is what you have said, totally nonsens. It is just that 
list=surround halfs the speed the video is played. Its a littlebit funny ;)
try 'mplayer -aop list=surround -channels 6' or 4 or whatever you have. 


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