[MPlayer-users] Suddent version dependent CPU usage problems.

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > >-ni and cache doesn't work together...
> > >it's known and even printed just learn to read
> > Yeah, I know. It's just that cache is something I'd like to use, and if 
> > a movie is Broken it somehow doesn't stop to use it, while I think it 
> > shoudl disable cache if it detects broken AVI's.
> 
> I think the problem is that with the current design, cache can't
> easily be disabled once the file is opened with cache enabled. So, by
> the time mplayer switches to -ni mode, it's too late... From my
> experience, cache is always bad. It makes for large startup delays and
> very slow seeking and doesn't improve performance at all.

cache is only for slow network stuff (streaming, playback from nfs/smb
server with either high load or slow link) and sometimes from cdrom/dvd
(for example cdda:// is unusabel without 1mb CACHE)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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