[MPlayer-users] Re: can't get zoran output to work

[Rich Felker]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 06:09:05PM +0200, Karolina Lindqvist wrote:
> söndag 27 augusti 2006 04:53 skrev Phil Bertram:
> 
> > This patch worked for me with ......
> > mplayer -vo zr my.vob  which is great. What a difference a single line of
> > code can make.
> > My Duron 850 mHz with 512 MB RAM uses 95% CPU to play 720x576 mpeg2 (DVD)
> > and 720x576 Raw DV.
> >
> > 356x288 mpeg4 is trivial at 20% CPU
> >
> > mplayer -vo zr2 -vf zrmjpeg results in playback which is progress, albeit
> > the playback flickers. CPU use seems to be only marginally less.
> >
> 
> It's good that it solved the problem.
> 
> I am not happy with how much CPU it is using. 95% CPU on an 850Mhz machine is 
> too much. There is a gross inefficiency in the zoran driver, and I will work 
> trying to fix it. (meaning to using still image mode for output).

Um, the zoran plays mpeg streams, right? If I'm not mistaken about
that you should expect it to be very slow since mplayer must reencode
the video to a format appropriate for the zoran in addition to the
work it spends decoding the video alread..

Rich