Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:02:37 -0600 (CST) From: Wes Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> To: Thomas Zander <thomas.e.zander@googlemail.com> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mplayer from SVN Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912301730310.98330@ibyngvyr> In-Reply-To: <786602c60912301157l5d1aa108p1464a67fb8412a85@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091211232021.4a316c65@wizard.volgograd.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912130841040.19087@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet> <4B37F4EF.3080802@googlemail.com> <20091228084713.20636gkfm1jsoh44@econet.encontacto.net> <3f1fd1ea0912280925i618dc582x71da7ef9bae34a3e@mail.gmail.com> <20091228212534.GD11463@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4B398369.7000904@FreeBSD.org> <786602c60912301157l5d1aa108p1464a67fb8412a85@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Thomas Zander wrote: > Hi Doug, Wes, list, > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 05:19, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > B) I don't think "daily" is a reasonable target, but neither is "every > > 3 years." > > This is correct. While it's true that I was hoping for the mplayer > developers to change their minds and subscribe to a decent release > engineering process, it seems it is not going to happen anytime soon. > I was planning to switch the mplayer port to a svn snapshot some time > next week (new year's resolution!) and continue with updated snapshot > ports in the range of ~3 months or so. That is, if there is no > objection from committers's perspective. I'll send it separately to those who have asked. Upgrading the mplayer and mencoder ports may not be as simple as a drop in. They require a newer version of x264, which there is already a pr for updating. I'm not certain about all of the dependencies, but there will be a shared library version to chase, and I believe that some ports may fail to detect it or even not compile. There is also the issue of the age of gcc in base. I use gcc44 from ports and enable the assembler in x264. It might just be my imagination, but I'm fairly sure my encodes get quite a few more fps on average.
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