tried another [high-bitrate] file.
link: http://adrive.com/public/740d3197f11...d8a7dd862.html
stats:
$ mplayer -quiet - benchmark -noslices -hardframedrop -lavdopts lowres=1
BENCHMARKs:VC: 167.870s VO: 7.662s A: 2.276s Sys: 22.319s = 200.127s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 83.8817% VO: 3.8286% A: 1.1374% sys:11.1522% =100.0000%
BENCHMARKn: disp: 3818 (19.08 fps) drop: 1138 (22%) total: 4956 (24.76fps)

$ mplayer -quiet – benchmark
BENCHMARKs:VC: 223.302s VO: 0.522s A: 2.487s Sys: 1.581s = 227.892s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 97.9860% VO: 0.2292% A: 1.0912% sys:0.6937% =100.0000%
BENCHMARKn: disp: 34 (0.15 fps) drop: 4305 (99%) total: 4339 (19.04fps)

TCPMP low resolution:
Average Speed: 69.32%
Video Frames: 3695
Audio Samples: 7347072
Amount of data: 48148

Bench. Time: 3:33.226
Bench. Frame rate: 17.33
Bench. Sample rate: 34457
Bench. Data rate: 1.8Mbit/s

Original time: 2.27.779
Original framerate: 25.00
Original sample rate: 48000
Original data rate: 2.6 Mbit/s

TCPMP normal resolution
Average Speed: 38.65%
Video Frames: 3695
Audio Samples: 7268246
Amount of data: 48148

Bench. Time: 6:22.408
Bench. Frame rate: 9.66
Bench. Sample rate: 19006
Bench. Data rate: 1.0Mbit/s

Original time: 2.27.779
Original framerate: 25.00
Original sample rate: 48000
Original data rate: 2.6 Mbit/s



NOTE: TCPMP displays EVERY SIMGLE frame, yet this increases the time of the video playback.
MPlayer kills the frames, yet has the playback time of the original video.