Re: [pygame] Faster SDL_Image

[Forest Darling <fdarling@xxxxxxxxx>]

Its complaining about not finding libpng13a.dll, where can I get that?


On 11/12/05, andrew baker <failrate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd feel a lot more comfortable if I could see the source, especially
> considering I work in both Windows and *nix.
>
>
> On 11/12/05, Dmitry Borisov < jbors@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Guys,
> > After my PC crashed I was forced to rebuild the pygame from sources
> > including SDL_Image.
> > While doing it I noticed significant difference between my SDL_Image
> loading
> > performance and stock SDL one.
> >
> > Stock:
> > Load 100 images "data\babytux.png" took 3.25 secs ( 30.77 img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\bkgrnd2.png" took 8.08 secs ( 12.38 img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\bg.jpg" took 1.17 secs ( 85.40 img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\cupsplash-menuad-overlay.png " took 5.72 secs (
> 17.49
> > img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\the-cat.png" took 3.98 secs ( 25.10 img/sec )
> >
> > Mine:
> > Load 100 images "data\babytux.png" took 2.19 secs ( 45.72 img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\bkgrnd2.png" took 5.11 secs ( 19.57 img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\bg.jpg" took 0.81 secs ( 123.00 img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\cupsplash-menuad-overlay.png" took 4.25 secs ( 23.53
> > img/sec )
> > Load 100 images "data\the-cat.png" took 2.95 secs ( 33.86 img/sec )
> >
> > If you want to take advantage of it just take this:
> > http://pymedia.org/downloads/SDL_image.dll
> > and replace the one which comes in 1.6+ release. Speedup guaranteed !
> >
> > Script attached.
> > Dmitry/
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Andrew Ulysses Baker
> "failrate"