[MPlayer-users] [BUGREPORT] signal 11 with libmpeg2 and hardframedrop

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,
> > So don't use -hardframedrop, it is very evil ;-).
> 
> Evil or not, it works quite well in some situations.  That it doesn't
> work with libmpeg2 is unfortunate.

Well, when I tried it I didn't really get what I would call "working"...
If the PC really is too slow the result seems to be rather unusable, at
least that was my experience...

> > You can e.g. use -lavdopts lowres=<number 1-3> with -vfm ffmpeg, I
> > don't think the quality will be worse...
> 
> With lowres=1 the picture isn't too bad, though I still prefer it just
> to be jumpy in certain places (-hardframedrop), rather than lower-res
> thoughout.
> 
> With 2 or 3, the picture is absolutely horrible...  Worms all over the
> place, barely able to dicern a picture (using 1.0pre6)

Yes, of course. I meant quality compared to the quality you get after a
dropped frame is not much worse - it is a lot worse compared to normal
playback of course...
You can still use -framedrop, it helps a lot on my slower PC (PII 233),
displaying the frame needs more CPU time than decoding it with MPEG2.
And if it's just because you want to do something in the background you
should consider playing with priorities a bit ;-)

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger