[vlc-devel] [PATCH] avcodec: disable threading by default

Edward Wang edward.c.wang at compdigitec.com
Sat Sep 15 23:32:11 CEST 2012


On 12-09-15 02:42 PM, Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> wrote:
> Threading does not currently work with some codec profiles and is thus
> not suited as default. Threading is also known to deadlock in certain
> circumstances, such as if no data is ever received (a rather common
> scenario with network or DVB reception).
>
> Fixed avcodec version should be checked before this is re-enabled.
But this would slow down decoding for those users where multi-threading 
is working perfectly, no?

Regards,
         Edward Wang



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