Yeah i know i should/can post this to the MPlayer list but i thought since we have both Mplayer and Suse users in one place why not ask em. So here I am. I'm running the latest stable release of MPlayer (compiled on my machine with ALSA sound as well as some other options) and I'm struggling with DVD playback. Yes the DVD is ruunning from the Drive. I'm running Nvidia GeForce 2 with the drivers installed from NVidia's site. Machine is a 900MHz Athlon with 500 Meg ram. With a machine like this should I *really* be struggling with DVD playback? What could be causing the slow down. By 'slow down' i mean frames are being dropped badly. I've tried the 'cache' options as well as 'hardframedrop' but no show. it's so bad MPlayer pops up with a popup suggesting options which i've tried but to no avail. Any ideas? Clifford Okoro ------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice & Disclaimer ------------------------------------ This e-mail is confidential and intended only for the addressee(s) shown. If you are not an intended recipient, please be advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure and Information Systems Associates Ltd does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Please note that incoming and outgoing electronic mail messages may be monitored. Should you receive this transmission in error, notify the sender immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this E-mail. As Information Systems Associates Ltd cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage arising from the use of this E-mail or attachments we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use.
On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 14:59, Clifford Okoro wrote:
Yeah i know i should/can post this to the MPlayer list but i thought since we have both Mplayer and Suse users in one place why not ask em. So here I am. I'm running the latest stable release of MPlayer (compiled on my machine with ALSA sound as well as some other options) and I'm struggling with DVD playback. Yes the DVD is ruunning from the Drive. I'm running Nvidia GeForce 2 with the drivers installed from NVidia's site. Machine is a 900MHz Athlon with 500 Meg ram. With a machine like this should I *really* be struggling with DVD playback?
What could be causing the slow down. By 'slow down' i mean frames are being dropped badly. I've tried the 'cache' options as well as 'hardframedrop' but no show. it's so bad MPlayer pops up with a popup suggesting options which i've tried but to no avail.
You don't mention it, so I have to ask: is DMA enabled on your DVD player? Also, what output plugin are you using? -vo xv is probably a good idea
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 06 May 2003 07:59, Clifford Okoro wrote:
Yeah i know i should/can post this to the MPlayer list but i thought since we have both Mplayer and Suse users in one place why not ask em. So here I am. I'm running the latest stable release of MPlayer (compiled on my machine with ALSA sound as well as some other options) and I'm struggling with DVD playback. Yes the DVD is ruunning from the Drive. I'm running Nvidia GeForce 2 with the drivers installed from NVidia's site. Machine is a 900MHz Athlon with 500 Meg ram. With a machine like this should I *really* be struggling with DVD playback?
What could be causing the slow down. By 'slow down' i mean frames are being dropped badly. I've tried the 'cache' options as well as 'hardframedrop' but no show. it's so bad MPlayer pops up with a popup suggesting options which i've tried but to no avail.
Any ideas?
Clifford Okoro
Are you using SuSE 8.2? Maybe go into YaST and switch on DMA for the DVD? Or, if those don't work and there aren't any other suggestions from anyone else that help, maybe download Xine and try it and see if that works for you. You can get pretty much everything you need fro Xine here http://packman.links2linux.de/index.php4 (it's in german, but just use the Tools->Translate Webpage->german-to-english and you'll get an idea of what each thing is). Remember too, you'll need to get libdvdcss2, libfame, fame (just for good measure), the w32codecs, and because I couldn't get Xine to start, I got gxine, and that did the trick for me. Watched my first two DVD movies last night on Xine as a matter of fact (first two dvd movies I've *ever* seen actually, heh). If anything is missing, it'll tell you during compilation or installation I mean (I used only the .src.rpm's whenever I could). Good luck and holler back if you need more help, these guys on this list are a great bunch of people. John - -- A butterfly is: Pretty,soft,harmless...and useless, just like M$N. My Penguin eats butterflies. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+t79zH5oDXyLKXKQRAsTQAJ44a+V4iuCl9mKzxXHWppUOgz2BtACfazJZ o2CgIyLQfGe4c37zJFRBxI0= =1g3D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
In a previous message, John wrote:
On Tuesday 06 May 2003 07:59, Clifford Okoro wrote:
I'm running the latest stable release of MPlayer (compiled on my machine with ALSA sound as well as some other options) and I'm struggling with DVD playback.
Are you using SuSE 8.2? Maybe go into YaST and switch on DMA for the DVD?
I can confirm that this helps vastly - I've been unable to coax previous versions of SuSE and MPlayer to play DVDs at anything like reasonable speed, but with 8.2 it finally works :-) With one exception - does MPlayer (or anything else) support DVD menus? Failing that, does anyone know how to identify the track that actually contains the movie? ;-) John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!
With one exception - does MPlayer (or anything else) support DVD menus? Failing that, does anyone know how to identify the track that actually contains the movie? ;-)
John Xine supports dvd menus. Get it from packaman. You can select all the lib and xine packages using synaptic if you install apt for SuSE. Then first run xine-check and set dma from one of the recommended options. I use hparm to do that. The xine version on the 8.2 discs is broken as is the mplayer as well. I've nevr got mplayer to do anything so I just use xine. Mike
Hi all: I upgraded from 8.0 to 8.2 recently. While I am pretty happy with the upgrade (and the fact that it didn't blow away my /etc configs, or kill off my /home directory), I have had a few odd KDE-related issues with my general-use user account. So much so that I figured it would easier to create a new user and have a fresh start. A quick question: Where are the various KDE-related settings kept? I want to import my Kmail settings and e-mail rules to my new account, as well as my Konqueror settings, etc. I've dug through the /$home/.kde directory, and haven't seen anything that really stands out. Ideas? Tks. Cheers, Todd
On Wednesday 07 May 2003 06:30, Todd Bissell wrote:
Where are the various KDE-related settings kept?
Most of them - if not all - are in $HOME/.kde/share/config
I want to import my Kmail settings and e-mail rules to my new account,
$HOME/.kde/share/config/kmailrc make sure everything kmail related is closed down when you copy it Also, only do this if your kde in 8.0 was upgraded to the latest version. If you were running 2.x or 3.0.x I'm not sure it will work. In that case you may be better off creating a default config by launching kmail, closing it and editing the config, copying what you want in a text editor
as well as my Konqueror settings,
Those are more spread out. $HOME/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc has some, but not all the settings. look at the other files in the config directory starting with konq*
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On Tue, 6 May 2003, Clifford Okoro wrote:
Yeah i know i should/can post this to the MPlayer list but i thought since we have both Mplayer and Suse users in one place why not ask em. So here I am. I'm running the latest stable release of MPlayer (compiled on my machine with ALSA sound as well as some other options) and I'm struggling with DVD playback. Yes the DVD is ruunning from the Drive. I'm running Nvidia GeForce 2 with the drivers installed from NVidia's site. Machine is a 900MHz Athlon with 500 Meg ram. With a machine like this should I *really* be struggling with DVD playback?
Try "-vo opengl/xv/vesa/x11" in that order for video output and include "-cache 4096" on the command line. This shall provide you small buffering of 4 MB. Recommended for use over networks, but with this option, my P3-450 plays DVDs really well. Also, enable DMA for DVD drive too. Rohit ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com
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