[vdr] Re: vdr hogging cpu while using mplayer plugin

[Seppo Ingalsuo <seppo.ingalsuo@iki.fi>]

Jarkko Santala wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For some reason when I play video files using the mplayer plugin the vdr
> processes go wild and hog a lot of cpu (even 98%). If I use -vo mga to
> show the video on the big screen the video plays fine (mplayer cpu usage
> is low anyway), but if I use -vo dxr3 the video goes jerky.
>
> Vdr cpu usage before starting playback thru mplayer plugin is less than 5%
> and it goes back to same usage after I stop mplayer. Any clues?
>
> Usually I use more plugins, but I also tested with just dxr3-0.2.0 (with
> patches from author to get ac3 working) and mp3-0.8.0.
I have the same problem with my dxr3 setup. The CPU-% reported by top is 
about 50% - 50% when mplayer plugin plays video. The effect is the same 
with and without recently posted dxr3 plugin patches.

BR,
Seppo

> Free tip: dts output also works thru dxr3 if you get the latest version of
> mplayer straigth from cvs (you'll also need latest ffmpeg/libavcodec from
> cvs).
>
> 	-jake




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