Comparative Analysis of Power Consumption and Resource Utilization in Open-Source and Proprietary Media Players while using Raw Videos

Afzal Ahmed, Mohammad Tariq Iqbal and Mohsin Jamil

European Journal of Information Technologies and Computer Science, 2024, vol. 4, issue 5, 11-17

Abstract: This study evaluates and compares the power consumption and resource utilization of open-source and proprietary media players during the playback of a large raw video file. Using real-time monitoring tools like HWiNFO, key metrics such as GPU power consumption, CPU power consumption, memory usage, and CPU usage percentage were collected and analyzed. The experiment was conducted on a system powered by a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H processor, and the media players were tested with a 2-minute, 14-second raw video file in .MOV format. A statistical analysis using t-tests was performed to assess the significance of the differences between the two categories. The results indicated that open-source media players generally exhibit lower GPU and CPU power consumption, with a potential for saving energy. Long-term power consumption analysis further demonstrated that users could achieve significant energy savings by opting for open-source media players, making them more suitable for energy-conscious environments. These findings highlight the trade-offs between power efficiency and performance while playing raw videos.

Keywords: CPU usage; GPU; Media players; Raw videos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.24018/compute.2024.4.5.140

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