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Re: A JavaScript H.264 decoder

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Post by watmough » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 12:19 AM UTC

mbebenita wrote: post #38

watmough wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My 2007 MBP manages a decent 20 fps but starts pretty slow and averages 15. That's a 2.4GHz C2D. Need to try it on my i52400.

You should give the latest version a try, we improved the performance considerably.

Interestingly, my i52400 only manages 25 fps (average over 1 minute). Hmmm. Ahhh, it's only single-threaded.

Is that intentional, or a problem with Nightly?

Re: A JavaScript H.264 decoder

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Post by BrendanEich » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

hackermom wrote: post #9

Funny hobby project.

... said the dinosaur to the first mammal, re: size, fur, and all that hobby fluff.

Re: A JavaScript H.264 decoder

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Post by hackermom » Sun, Nov 06, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

BrendanEich wrote: post #42

hackermom wrote: post #9

Funny hobby project.

... said the dinosaur to the first mammal, re: size, fur, and all that hobby fluff.

You just can't compare a JS library for h.264 decoding with ditto made in C. The latter is usable while the former is practically useless even for an extreme case of f.e. online, browser-based video editing. What is the point you are trying to make?