Multithreading by default?
The question is simple, we are 10 years behind the first hyperthreading cpu, 20 years behind real smp and today you have to search a long time to found a singlecore equipped machine. But ubuntu comes from version to version with hard compiled singlecore mencoder that did not benefit from ht, smp or multicore cpu's. Many gui tools based on mencoder, a version that perverts any conversion to a painful slow job that crawls on one cpu core. Windows users are laughing at us, their mencoder.exe comes with multicore support by default.
When will ubuntu fix this ugly problem? An hour ago i have started devede with a 3gb pal video conversion, the progress bar told me that the job maybe ready in 11 hours. 3 cores of my 4x2.8GHz are idling around. Im scared to do a hd conversion, do i have to bequeath such job to my children an pray for stable electricity?
X for multithreaded mplayer, mencoder now!
Question information
- Language:
- English Edit question
- Status:
- Answered
- For:
- Ubuntu mplayer Edit question
- Assignee:
- No assignee Edit question
- Last query:
- Last reply:
Can you help with this problem?
Provide an answer of your own, or ask EricDHH for more information if necessary.