[Spice-devel] Streaming video performance concepts

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 17:01 +0200, Alon Levy wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:56:28AM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:27 +0200, Alon Levy wrote:
> > > <snip>> Thank you very much for the explanation.  It's pretty much what I
> > > > expected - that the codec is different, trading CPU efficiency for
> > > > bandwidth inefficiency and I certainly understand the reasons why.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there any thought or plan to make the codec configurable for those
> > > > who are willing to sacrifice CPU for bandwidth, e.g., VP8, Theora, or
> > > > H.264?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I haven't done any testing on this but I think the cpu requirements are large.
> > > maybe with hardware doing the encoding this would work well enough. Technically
> > > just dropping in a different codec and extending the protocol doesn't sound like
> > > a lot of work. Patches welcome?
> > <snip>
> > I wish I had the skill set to help in that way! Thanks - John
> > 
> Would you be able to provide some benchmarks (choose some pc you have) for:
>  encoding speed of
>   VP8, Theora, H.264
>  for various bitdepths and resolutions (you choose, maybe just one - take the resolutions
>  of a normal youtube window and a fullscreen of your choice).
> ?
> 
> Alon
> 
I would be delighted to do so if it will help.  I don't have a clue how
to.  If you have a link or reference you can point me to, that would be
appreciated. Otherwise, it will be off to the world of Internet
research.  Thanks - John