Re: Problem with 9.27...

Hello UUCP !

romie@invalid.net wrote:

>>     When Opera is in the background it uses 50% processor, and when
it's
>> in main window it uses 99% as long as the video plays, no matter if it
is
>> already in the cache or not. Everything is freezed, I must wait
several
>> seconds until a click is acted.
>> ...
>>     I went back to 9.26 and same problem... But I don't remember I had
it
>> before.

> Hadn't noticed any problem.  Any URLs?

    This one: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9f0_1207258560
    On my system, Opera uses 99% processor while playing the video.

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Laurent Jumet - Point de Chat, Liège, BELGIUM
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"Laurent Jumet" <1st_NAME.Lst_NAME@skynet.be> wrote in
news:GED47F6773F@1st_NAME.Lst_NAME.skynet.be: 

> 
> Hello UUCP !
> 
> romie@invalid.net wrote:
> 
>>>     When Opera is in the background it uses 50%
>>>     processor, and when it's 
>>> in main window it uses 99% as long as the video plays, no
>>> matter if it is already in the cache or not. Everything
>>> is freezed, I must wait several seconds until a click is
>>> acted. ...
>>>     I went back to 9.26 and same problem... But I don't
>>>     remember I had it 
>>> before.
> 
>> Hadn't noticed any problem.  Any URLs?
> 
>     This one: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9f0_1207258560
>     On my system, Opera uses 99% processor while playing
>     the video. 
> 

I tried to look at the video and discovered the following.

The play was unintelligible, and I paused the video and let it 
download into the cache.

I then ran GSpot and discovered that the video uses a On2 VP6 
codec.  More specifically GSpot said "FVL4/VP6" and "Flash On2 
VP6"

VP6 sucks. That's the essence of this problem.  The codec trades 
higher data compression for more cycles to decompress in the 
client CPU. 

As result, viewing the streaming video with older machines simply 
doesn't work and even recently new machines may give marginal 
results when you add the cycles for decompressing and playing 
concurrently.  VP6 consumes a lot of cpu power that not everyone 
has. 

Because the codec is proprietary you can play the video only with 
embedded Flash Player.  Other players, stand alone, will not play 
the video.

VLC Player will play the codec.  However, I have read that doing 
so violates intellectual property rights, patent presumably.

Youtube uses FLV1 and Flash/Sorenson.  It uses less compression 
but works generally.

I could not play this video on my system with VLC player. It 
maxed out the cpu and the video didn't play.  I got sound only.

For $600 to $700 you can buy a new computer that should play it.

If, like me, you don't have $600 to $700 for a new computer, you 
can complain to sites using it and tell anyone who will listen to 

Hello Annon !

Annon <annon@annon.com> wrote:

>>     This one: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9f0_1207258560
>>     On my system, Opera uses 99% processor while playing
>>     the video.


> I tried to look at the video and discovered the following.
> The play was unintelligible, and I paused the video and let it
> download into the cache.
> I then ran GSpot and discovered that the video uses a On2 VP6
> codec.  More specifically GSpot said "FVL4/VP6" and "Flash
On2
> VP6"

    I did too.
    I can run that FLV with MediaPlayerClassic that comes with K-LiteMegaCodec;
it doesn't use so much processor.



-- 
Laurent Jumet - Point de Chat, Liège, BELGIUM
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