[MPlayer-users] vidix slower than xv on Radeon Mobility M6?

[Ole Myren Rohne]

Hello,

I'm trying to understand why on my system vidix is four times slower than xv. I
was expecting/hoping that vidix would be at least marginally faster. Please find
console outputs enclosed.

Thanks, Ole

$ time mplayer test.avi -nosound -benchmark -vo xv
MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
 
CPU: Transmeta Crusoe TM3x00,TM5x00 926.5 MHz (Family: 5, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 128 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX
(...) 
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
(...) 
Playing test.avi.
AVI file format detected.
AVI_NI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO:  [DIVX]  720x576  24bpp  25.000 fps  967.5 kbps (118.1 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: MEncoder 1.0pre5-3.3.3
vo: X11 running at 1280x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":1.0" => local display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12  [fs]
V:  14.1  354  35% 25%  0.0% 0 0 0%%
 
BENCHMARKs: VC:   5.038s VO:   3.595s A:   0.000s Sys:   0.467s =    9.099s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 55.3632% VO: 39.5067% A:  0.0000% Sys:  5.1301% = 100.0000%
 
Exiting... (End of file)

real    0m9.347s
user    0m4.573s
sys     0m0.156s

$ time sudo mplayer test.avi -nosound -benchmark -vo xvidix:radeon_vid.so
MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
 
CPU: Transmeta Crusoe TM3x00,TM5x00 926.6 MHz (Family: 5, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 128 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX
(...) 
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
(...)
Playing test.avi.
AVI file format detected.
AVI_NI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO:  [DIVX]  720x576  24bpp  25.000 fps  967.5 kbps (118.1 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: MEncoder 1.0pre5-3.3.3
vo: X11 running at 1280x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":1.0" => local display)
[radeon] Found chip: Radeon Mobility M6 LY
[radeon] Driver was forced. Was found known chip
libdha: DHA kernelhelper failed: No such file or directory
[radeon] Workarounding buggy Radeon Mobility M6 (0 vs. 8MB ram)
libdha: DHA kernelhelper failed: No such file or directory
[radeon] Video memory = 8Mb
[radeon] Saved overlay colorkey settings
VIDIX: Description: BES driver for Radeon cards
VIDIX: Author: Nick Kurshev
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xvidix] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12  [fs]
Using colorkey: 7e0
V:  14.1  354  238%  0%  0.0% 0 0 0%
 
BENCHMARKs: VC:  33.634s VO:   0.019s A:   0.000s Sys:   0.304s =   33.957s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 99.0495% VO:  0.0564% A:  0.0000% Sys:  0.8942% = 100.0000%
[radeon] Restored overlay colorkey settings
 
Exiting... (End of file)

real    0m36.577s
user    0m33.646s
sys     0m0.278s