[mythtv-users] mythfrontend vs mplayer cpu usage

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/10/2008 08:03 PM, Al McIntosh wrote:
> The card does not support XVMC, so we can rule that out.
>
> I have the following in my frontend output:
>
> 2008-11-10 19:15:58.470 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
> Initialize Yadif Deinterlacer. In-Pixformat = 1 Out-Pixformat=1
> yadifdeint: size changed from 0 x 0 -> 720 x 480

Yadif = chew up CPU

Set your playback profile group to the default configuration of Slim and 
you'll get a more realistic comparison (although chances are MPlayer is 
not doing any deinterlacing at all, so really to compare, you'd have to 
enable a similar-quality deinterlacer).

Mike