[PD] gem codec basic review

[patrick]

hi,

another example:
ffmpeg -i theremin.avi -vcodec xvid -an -intra -deinterlace -cropleft 40 
-cropright 40 -sameq xvid.avi

codec xvid, playing in mplayer takes 5% of my cpu.
in gem it takes 80% of my cpu? anyone can test?
http://www.workinprogress.ca/pd/gem/xvid.avi

xvid is playing fine with aviplay, ffplay. i wonder what gem is using 
for playback this codec: avi or ffmpeg. i don't know how to tell gem 
what "player" to use: ffmpeg, libavifile, quicktime?

patrick