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G4 Optimized Mplayer (highly recommended!)
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Hmm seems like I got to do some re testing, as when I would play videos it would stutter and just show grey screens
Hmm seems like I got to do some re testing, as when I would play videos it would stutter and just show grey screens
What G5 do you have? I have the Quad which is plenty powerful for 720 or 1080p.
Mines a Dual 1.8Ghz Rev B, with 3GB RAM and an nVidia 6800 Ultra DLL. I can run 720p fine, but when theres lots of action it can stutter here and there in normal quicktime/VLC. I always put CPU to highest or auto when playing HD, same result.
I thought I could use this to improve the situation, but to no avail =/
I thought I could use this to improve the situation, but to no avail =/
Thats an extremely vague statement. Maybe provide the top gigaflop rating of your system when using altivec code.
My G4 7448 1.8GHz is capable of about 14.1 gigaflops. It's also a newer chip than all the G5's.
Play any average quality DivX rip in mplayer and I guarantee it will use half the CPU of QT on your Mac. You're doing something wrong in the first place when you base the performance of an app on a file that is outside the systems performance to begin with.
As I mentioned already I have ran this same app on my MDD's in 2007 and it performed amazingly better than QT w/Perian or any other player. If you have a different experience on the same OS and hardware then there is obviously something you're overlooking. The evidence is there in other peoples praise for it here in the thread and my screens.
probably, maybe you are right. i will take a look into it again once i am back on my dualie 1.42..
I am on the field again right now, so back to my ever reliable hackbook.
thanks.
I am on the field again right now, so back to my ever reliable hackbook.
thanks.
Thanks for sharing... I'm playing some H264 videos that would stutter on my iMac G4 in QT... they are smooth in MPlayer!
Wow, this is amazing.
I just tried it on my 1.42 MDD, then ran a quick comparison with Quicktime.
MPlayer plays Avi and MKV files without any problems, as well as my mid-2010 Mac Mini. Insane.
CPU load is mid 20's while playing either an Avi or MKV video...
Quicktime is 48-75% CPU load.
Fantastic post, very helpful!
Thanks,
Dean
I just tried it on my 1.42 MDD, then ran a quick comparison with Quicktime.
MPlayer plays Avi and MKV files without any problems, as well as my mid-2010 Mac Mini. Insane.
CPU load is mid 20's while playing either an Avi or MKV video...
Quicktime is 48-75% CPU load.
Fantastic post, very helpful!
Thanks,
Dean
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I forgot I wrote it that once to tell someone which blog posts were mine. My mistake.
Very sorry for the confusion cocacolakid. You're not creepy after all
I forgot I wrote it that once to tell someone which blog posts were mine. My mistake.
Very sorry for the confusion cocacolakid. You're not creepy after all
You said your own name in another thread.
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Speaking of vague statements... =P 14.1 GFLOPS in what? I hit about 36 GFLOPS in AltiVec Fractal@4x2.5.
AltiVec is technically capable of 8 FLOPS per clock in theory, so your G4 has a peak performance of 14.4 GFLOPS; the Quad G5 theoretically should be capable of 80.
GFLOPS aren't very meaningful measurements of performance, though.
I'm going to try this app on my Beige G4/1000
In this: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9641/power-fractal
Best Altivec test around IMO.
Any other comments on my 5+ month old posts?
So far, Quicktime seems to be working better for me too. I can watch this Felicia Day video in 720p (as downloaded via MacTubes) in Quicktime with no dropped frames. Flawless. CPU at about 70%.
In mPlayer, it's like a slide show. I don't even get the sense that I'm watching a video. I get a new frame every 3 seconds or so.
I'm on an MDD dual 1.5 with a R9800 running Leopard.
From Quicktime's movie inspector:
AAC, Stereo (L R), 44.100 kHz
H.264, 1280 × 720, Millions
fps: 29.97
playing fps: 30
rate: 2128.54 kbits/s
I'm curious now. I wonder why people are getting such different results with this. I think I'll try some more codecs. I wonder if different video cards could be playing a role.
BTW, zen.state, I dig that pic of your sawtooth. Nice work.
In mPlayer, it's like a slide show. I don't even get the sense that I'm watching a video. I get a new frame every 3 seconds or so.
I'm on an MDD dual 1.5 with a R9800 running Leopard.
From Quicktime's movie inspector:
AAC, Stereo (L R), 44.100 kHz
H.264, 1280 × 720, Millions
fps: 29.97
playing fps: 30
rate: 2128.54 kbits/s
I'm curious now. I wonder why people are getting such different results with this. I think I'll try some more codecs. I wonder if different video cards could be playing a role.
BTW, zen.state, I dig that pic of your sawtooth. Nice work.
h.264 is a codec mplayer sometimes struggles with. The great results people are getting are with other codecs like DivX etc.
Also, maybe don't base an apps performance on how it deals with one file and codec. Widen the scope a little.
Yup. Getting that. Trying some more stuff. Dramatic difference with Xvid--Less than half the CPU demand of Quicktime. Cool. Gonna try some 1080p tomorrow.
Does anyone know where I can find this version? The link Zen posted has expired on MediaFire, and I can't find a version of MPlayer with the "Altivec" checkbox in the preferences.
I just resurrected an iMac Lampshade 800 and would like to use it in my bedroom via iPhone VLC on my bed as a nice little TV.
I just resurrected an iMac Lampshade 800 and would like to use it in my bedroom via iPhone VLC on my bed as a nice little TV.
Current download link
Thanks for your link. However, I tried to play a few different x264 files on my 933MHz Quicksilver and the video doesn't render properly. The screen is mainly grey, with splashes of colour appearing here and there. Surely the OP couldn't be referring to version 1.0?
Can anyone please provide the version in the OP? At least then I can search for it.
Thanks for your link. However, I tried to play a few different x264 files on my 933MHz Quicksilver and the video doesn't render properly. The screen is mainly grey, with splashes of colour appearing here and there. Surely the OP couldn't be referring to version 1.0?
Can anyone please provide the version in the OP? At least then I can search for it.
