KMP opening time : measurements!

[santaklaus]

ok so I've always thought that the fastest opening time for KMP was with build 1428(the latest from kyh).

I use the K-AMP5.ksf skin, dunno if it's a "light" one ?

anyway, here are the settings in Apptimer(I had to check them all, as we want to know how fast the app is ready for use...not how fast its window shows up) :

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tests were conducted on XP SP3 with an overclocked Q6600 and all files were copied in a ramdisk(PC1066 dual channel)

AppTimer is available here :
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KMP 1433 d7
KMPlayer.exe - 5 executions
0.2656
0.2500
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499

KMP 1433 d2007 :
KMPlayer.exe - 5 executions
0.2812
0.2656
0.2656
0.2655
0.2655

KMP 1428 d7 :
KMPlayer.exe - 5 executions
0.2656
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499

KMP 1429 d2007 :
KMPlayer.exe - 5 executions
0.2812
0.2655
0.2812
0.2812
0.2812

MPC latest build from clsid
mplayerc.exe - 5 executions
0.0937
0.1092
0.1093
0.1093
0.1093

MPCHC build 849
mplayerc.exe - 5 executions
0.1093
0.1092
0.1093
0.1093
0.1093

ZP6 Home Max 6.0
zplayer.exe - 5 executions
0.1875
0.1718
0.1718
0.1718
0.1718

so clearly MPC is the winner...ZP6 is a tad faster than KMP.

and KMP 1433 d7 is just as fast as 1428 d7 :)

[santaklaus]

OK I read that deleting the /plugins/ dir and using light skins could help :

1428 with /plugins/ dir deleted
P:\KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe - 5 executions
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499
0.2500
0.2499
= no change

1428 with default skin
P:\KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe - 5 executions
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2655
0.2656
= slower than my K-AMP5.ksf skin :eek:

1433 d7 default skin
P:\KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe - 10 executions
0.2655
0.2500
0.2656
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499
0.2500
0.2499
0.2499
= no change over K-AMP5.ksf

1433 d7, K-AMP5 skin
P:\KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe - 15 executions / 5s delay
0.2500
0.2499
0.2656
0.2499
0.2499
0.2500
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499
0.2656
0.2499
0.2499
0.2499
0.2500
0.2499

1433 d2007, K-AMP5 skin
P:\KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe - 15 executions / 5s delay
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2655
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2656
0.2655
0.2656

check mate, d7 builds open faster than d2007 :p

[Raiden]

interesting. :)

[santaklaus]

sure is :)

hey Raiden, any chance you could help me to fix this bug please ?
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[santaklaus]

ok little update.

using 1433 d7 with the default skin decompressed, and half sized(removed all the stuff in korean etc..)..it's even faster :)

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KMPlayer.exe - 10 executions / 5s delay
0.2499
0.2339
0.2343
0.2343
0.2343
0.2499
0.2343
0.2343
0.2343
0.2343
0.2343

[Peuj]

Hi santaklaus, what's your OS system? Vista ?

Have you make all your tests with KMP installed from the setup?
I ask this because I've noticed that not using the setup decreased the load time.

Can you make some tests on your side?

Thanks

[bastik]

I guess XP was used for all tests.
tests were conducted on XP SP3 with an overclocked Q6600 and all files were copied in a ramdisk(PC1066 dual channel)

Can you provide a link to developers homepage? Other users could test it the same way you did.

[santaklaus]

hey Peuj, XP SP3

I installed it from the setup(no choice as I don't have 7zip), but I didn't run the wizard.

well the fastest opening time is with the delphi7 version and the decompressed default skin without korean stuff on a ramdisk....then it's 0.2343

[santaklaus]

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[JeanC]

Excuse me but doesn't this measure only the startup time? Shouldn't the time it takes to actually start playing some movie be measured?

[santaklaus]

Excuse me but doesn't this measure only the startup time? Shouldn't the time it takes to actually start playing some movie be measured?
well I don't think this can be measured, and anyway as soon as KMP is open and ready it's only a matter of creating the proper DS graph.

but KMP is 2.5x slower than MPC to open :eek:

you have to wait 2.5 seconds before it actually opens the movie/music file :(

[JeanC]

On my machine it is 5 seconds before mpc starts but if I start a movie from favourites it is another 15-20 seconds waiting.
I have a pentium4, 2,4 mhz, so not the newest.

[santaklaus]

favorites ? 20 secs ?

copy it all on a ramdisk :D

[JeanC]

You want me to copy some 300 gig to a ram disk? :)

Well, I've actually gone back to an older copy of zoomplayer for now, that's 3-4 seconds in starting a movie.
It crashes badly sometimes and I'd rather have something more modern so I will be keeping an eye on kmp.

[santaklaus]

well make a 50mb ramdisk, and install KMP on it, plus ffdshow, etc etc ;)

[ashrack]

Excuse me but doesn't this measure only the startup time? Shouldn't the time it takes to actually start playing some movie be measured?
right now the biggest problem with KMPLAYER is the slow start of playback.
So that should really be fixed.
see this thread:
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