ffmpeg regression

[Wookey]

+++ Michael Hope [2010-09-30 13:28 +1300]:
> Hi Julian.  For your reference, the performance of ffmpeg on a certain
> h.264 video decode has regressed since 4.4.0.
> 
> See:
>  http://ex.seabright.co.nz/helpers/benchcompare
> for the relative numbers.  We're significantly better than 4.4.0 in
> the two other test videos, and better than 4.5.1 in all.
> 
> The video itself is here:
>  http://ex.seabright.co.nz/misc/cbuild/live/cbuild/files/ffmpeg/03-src13_hrc7_525_420_2.264

Clicking on this link caused firefox to try the render the entire
movie as an insanely long web page, which made it run incredibly slowly
such that it took me about 45 mins to find out why my browser was
jammed even after restarting.

Just a warning to save others from some aggravation.

Wookey
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