Re: [linuxdc-dev]Mplayer

[Adrian M. <ad...@mc...>]

On Wednesday 23 Jan 2002 7:51 pm, M. R. Brown wrote:
> * Adrian McMenamin <ad...@mc...> on Wed, Jan 23, 2002:
> > With all the traffic on the dcdev list about DivX players I wonder
> > whether anyone here has gotten mplayer to play avis (as opposed to mpegs)
> > on their DC.
>
> mplayer needs:
> * Optimized SH4 IDCT routines and other SH4-specific optimizations
> * YUV overlay support
> * A speedier pvr2fb framebuffer that achieves 2D peak using DMA and store
>   queue blits
> * A faster AICA driver
> * To rid itself of it's x86-centric design
>
> This is a lot of work.
>
> M. R.

Should not let best be the enemy of better here. Most of the traffic on dcdev 
is about how they can get no output. I agree about the need for 
optimisations, but they shouldn't bar us from crowing a bit.

Can't we encourage the wider SH4 developer community to do at least some of 
this?

Adrian