[MPlayer-users] via c3 performances

[Wolfgang Fritz]

Alessio Sangalli wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> How does a via c3 performs decoding mpeg 2/4? We would need a cpu
> powerful enough to decode a couple of mpeg(2,4) streams at the same
> time. C3s are cool because they shouldn't need an active cooling system.
> 
I have a VIA EPIA M6000 board (fanless C3 with 600 MHz). It is not able 
to play a DVD or a DVB recording in full quality. The boards have a MPEG 
decoder hardware which seems to be supported by the VIA driver, but I 
have not found a way to use it with mplayer.

Wolfgang
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> I've made a couple of tests on a via 800MHz; I think I have problems
> with the integrated video board because XFree needs about 30% cpu (with
> -vo xv) but still the output is not smooth. How can I test the pure
> decoding perfomances? using -vo null the cpu usage is way too low (2-4%)
> so I think the actual video decoding is NOT performed.
> 
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> thank you
> bye
> as
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