VLC Support for Dual-Core Processors?

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VLC Support for Dual-Core Processors?

Postby Username2324 » 15 Dec 2008 06:57

I was wondering what, if any, support for dual-core processors VLC (For Windows) has. I have a dual-core Pentium D 940 (3.2GHz 4MB Cache) and have trouble playing HD content. The Playback jumps, skips, and all kinds of stuff when playing larger HD files, and when I look at my system resources the problem is clear. Only 1 core is being used for playback and can't handle it.

So is there an option to turn on Dual-Core playback? Will there be support for it in the future?

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Re: VLC Support for Dual-Core Processors?

Postby Username2324 » 15 Dec 2008 07:05

Oh, and if there isn't a dual-core option, are there any settings I can change to help playback?
(Use video buffer in system memory, <- would that help?)

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Re: VLC Support for Dual-Core Processors?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 15 Dec 2008 11:27

Read the H264 topic.
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Re: VLC Support for Dual-Core Processors?

Postby Username2324 » 15 Dec 2008 22:57

The file format isn't H264 it's .MKV

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Re: VLC Support for Dual-Core Processors?

Postby Arite » 16 Dec 2008 01:40

H.264 isn't a file format - it is video compression standard. Generally HD videos in MKV files is a type of H.264 (e.g. x264). VLC currently does not support dual core processor H.264 decoding as described here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42328

AFAIK in order to support dual core the H.264 decoder in libavcodec would need to support it.

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