VLC vs. mplayer performance (PPC)
Posted: 24 Apr 2006 11:33
ive got a pb 1ghz, 768mb ram, running 10.4.6.
movies are h264 encoded video with 5.1 he-aac sound (encoded with nero).
most of the time the movies are viewable with vlc, however sometimes vlc crashes and forwarding is also impossible.
some days ago i found the new mplayer 1.0pre8rc5 (universal binary) which plays all h264 very smooth and with about 90 % cpu usage, even seeking was possible.
unfortunately the official mplayer site is not very clear about changelogs but as i understand mplayer also uses ffmpeg for h264 decoding.
are vlc and mplayer using different versions of ffmpeg or different libraries for aac decoding?
movies are h264 encoded video with 5.1 he-aac sound (encoded with nero).
most of the time the movies are viewable with vlc, however sometimes vlc crashes and forwarding is also impossible.
some days ago i found the new mplayer 1.0pre8rc5 (universal binary) which plays all h264 very smooth and with about 90 % cpu usage, even seeking was possible.
unfortunately the official mplayer site is not very clear about changelogs but as i understand mplayer also uses ffmpeg for h264 decoding.
are vlc and mplayer using different versions of ffmpeg or different libraries for aac decoding?