David T-G wrote:

Lukacs --

...and then Lukacs Zsolt said... % % Try this % % Add the following options to the mplayer when you play the movie: % -mc 0.0001 -autosync 30 -cache 8192

Did that, although from reading the autosync docs it looks like that's for sound problems rather than video, which is the reverse of my troubles.

The autosync maybe for the sound but the -cache is for the video

% % Also before playing the movie enable the rtc like this % su -c "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" % su -c "chmod 644 /dev/rtc"

Did this, too.

% % and enable the DMA on the CD-ROM( or DVD )

Don't know how to do this :-( This is a Toshiba Satellite 1135 laptop with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive. Any suggestions?

You can enable it in YAST2 go to Hardware->IDE DMA Mode make sure that the DMA mode is on for the CD-ROM

% % I hope this helps

Perhaps it's a start. Thanks, anyway!

% % Zsolt

Oh, how I miss the [windows-based] performance of my Toshiba Tecra 8000 with its dedicated hardware MPEG decoder! That machine could do anything you wanted with your DVD and still not get in the way of doing work! :-)

Thanks again & HAND

:-D

Zsolt