Why xvimagesink uses more cpu than ximagesink in this case?

[Haikal]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Yogesh Marwaha <yogeshm.007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just consider these simple pipelines:-
>
> gst-launch -v audiotestsrc ! goom ! ffmpegcolorspace ! ximagesink
>
> gst-launch -v audiotestsrc ! goom ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink
>
> 2nd uses more cpu than first; though one would think xvimagesink would be
> better. Any explanation?
>

$ gst-inspect ximagesink
Plugin Details:
  Name:			ximagesink
  Description:		X11 video output element based on standard Xlib calls

$ gst-inspect xvimagesink
Plugin Details:
  Name:			xvimagesink
  Description:		XFree86 video output plugin using Xv extension

Based on what i read on wikipedia, xv extension [0] is more
sophisticated than xlib [1]. And of course, it will use more cpu. One
feature on xv extension that not in xlib, is scaling. Just try to
resize the window manually, you'll see the different ;)

CMIIW

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Haikal