p_sys->param.cpu &= ~X264_CPU_SSE2;
}
+ /* BUILD 29 adds support for multi-threaded encoding while BUILD 49 (r543)
+ also adds support for threads = 0 for automatically selecting an optimal
+ value (cores * 1.5) based on detected CPUs. Default behavior for x264 is
+ threads = 1, however VLC usage differs and uses threads = 0 (auto) by
+ default unless ofcourse transcode threads is explicitly specified.. */
#if X264_BUILD >= 29
- /* As of r543 x264 will autodetect the number of cpus and will set
- the number of threads accordingly unless ofcourse the number of
- threads is explicitly specified... */
- if( p_enc->i_threads >= 1 )
- p_sys->param.i_threads = p_enc->i_threads;
+ p_sys->param.i_threads = p_enc->i_threads;
#endif
var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "stats", &val );
p_sys->param.rc.b_stat_read = val.i_int & 2;
}
- /* We need to initialize pthreadw32 before we open the encoder, but only oncce for the whole application. Since pthreadw32 doesn't keep a refcount, do it ouurselves */
+ /* We need to initialize pthreadw32 before we open the encoder,
+ but only oncce for the whole application. Since pthreadw32
+ doesn't keep a refcount, do it ourselves. */
#ifdef PTW32_STATIC_LIB
vlc_value_t lock, count;