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Date:      Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:58:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:      bartscgr@t-online.de (Guenter Bartsch)
To:        Heiko Schaefer <hschaefer@fto.de>
Cc:        <multimedia@freebsd.org>, Robert Edmonds <edmonds@robertedmonds.net>, xine-user <xine-user@lists.sourceforge.net>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [xine-user] xine on freebsd?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109121654220.24314-100000@goofy.disney.gb>
In-Reply-To: <20010912154515.X1528-100000@daneel.foundation.hs>

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Hi,

On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Heiko Schaefer wrote:

> > has anyone got xine to play DVDs on freebsd? videolan can play DVDs on
> > freebsd.. but the playback sucks even on a 500 mhz machine.
>
> by now, xine runs pretty nicely on freebsd. however, unfortunately not
> quite as well as on linux

> i am currently trying to find reasons for this lack of performance on
> freebsd compared to linux and am mostly stuck with the theory that agp
> support is not really the same as on linux. maybe someone who knows more
> about xfree, agp and freebsd will eventually comment on this or propose a
> solution. any input on this would be welcome...

even when using XvShm to display the video data xfree86 uses significantly
more cpu power on freebsd than on linux (~15% on freebsd compared to ~1-3%
on linux) which further indicates there's something wrong here.

Comments, hints, ideas very welcome,

   Guenter

--
time is a funny concept



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