Torgeir Veimo wrote: > > On 22 Oct 2006, at 22:33, C.Y.M wrote: > >>> >>> And just for completeness: No serious CPU load when playing back with >>> VDR or mplayer. >>> >> >> Yes, if the extra CPU load by mplayer is not even noticeable when >> playing back >> VDR recordings, and it is not prone to any type or desync, then I vote >> we all >> try to figure out what mplayer is doing and repeat it. Whats a few >> extra CPU >> cycles if it becomes much much more stable in the end. > > The reason i mentioned the dvbplayer.c thread, is that this problem was > mitigated by using different code to feed the softdevice mpeg2 decoder; > using softplay to playback recordings provided dropout free playback. > I'm not sure if softplay works with FF cards, but you might get the > source at softdevice.berlios.de to give it a try. > I use xine with my FF card and it works flawlessly and fixes all my problems, but since I never had trouble with the FF card when just watching live TV, I thought it was such a waste of CPU to have to use software decoding for everything. I only have problems when playing back recordings with the FF card. Best Regards.
