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[Stephen Clement <s.clement AT sympatico.ca>]

sindi keesan wrote:

> > > > CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
> > > > Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
> > > > To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with
> > > > --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
> >
> > I'll need to figure out why it says this is not optimal.
>
>
>
> My impression was it meant Mplayer would run a little better if 
> optimized for a particular cpu.

It will, but then it won't run on certain CPU's.

> > > Was this detection so that it can be used on various systems?
> >
> >
> > Yes. I will probably want to build my next MPlayer with this option.
Indeed you do.

> > > Is a 486 a good enough low end since that is the target of BL3?
> >
> >
> > Maybe. MPlayer isn't really intended for slow CPUs.
> >
> > > You can't play DVDs on a 386, can you?
> >
> >
> > You can. 386s accept DVD drives, don't they? Don't expect a very
> > fast decode, but processor speed doesn't affect whether or not
> > you can do something, just how fast it works.
>
>
>
> Is there any reason why someone would PUT a DVD player into anything 
> older than a pentium?  Mplayer can probably be used for playing music 
> on a 386, however 486 laptops are being thrown out now.

I wouldn't recommend putting a DVD player in anything older than a 
Pentium 2 myself.

> > > > I do consider something like AAlib or libcaca necessary myself.
> > > > Also, SDL's sound output I find works no matter what, it's quite
> > > > good.
> > >
> > >
> > > What are all of these used for?
> >
> >
> > AAlib/libcaca is for converting video into text. Have you seen so-
> > called ASCII art? It's mainly useful when you want to send video
> > to a terminal (which Steven (Clement) has said he wants to do).
>
> netpbm has something similar to this but for still pictures to ascii art.

MPlayer can do that too I believe.

> > SDL lets you use many different audio and video drivers, while
> > having only one or two driver interfaces to MPlayer. It can do
> > many other things, too. If you're interested, libsdl.org is
> > its homepage.
> >
> > > > > > The current statically compiled binary size is 7.7MB, uncompressed.
> > >
> > > David suggested to me that I use 'strip' to make binaries smaller.
> > > Someone else suggested using upx (after strip).  Together they cut
> > > my binary size by about half.
>
> > upx has its downsides. I prefer to bzip2 (verb) mplayer (noun) for now.
>
>
> Then you have to bunzip2 it after download.  The upx'ed file stays the 
> same size on your hard drive.  Does it expand into memory when used, 
> and slow things down?).

Yes, it does expand into memory and make things slower which is why 
David and I both prefer bz2ing files.

Thanks,

Stephen Clement

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