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From: Mike Mazur <mmazur@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Choppy video playback
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:28:39
Message-Id: 184110a70801271428m76b073d5u14353c9a7efd842@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Choppy video playback by ionut cucu
1 Hi,
2
3 On Jan 27, 2008 9:55 PM, ionut cucu <cuciferus@×××××.com> wrote:
4 > True as that is, is think it's kind a of the point. I have been using
5 > mplayer to see movies since k7-2(I think it as a k7-2 don't remember
6 > for sure). I've seldom got the error about CPU being to slow and always
7 > it was another reason for mplayer not being able to play it. I would
8 > rather say you should look in mplayer -vo help and try different
9 > drivers until you get the one it suites you. If you have a 3d card
10 > choose gl or gl2, if not xv. Also please check that you have setup
11 > preperly the graphics card.
12
13 Ah yes you reminded me that I wanted to include my mplayer settings in
14 my original email. My /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf contains:
15
16 vo=gl2
17 monitoraspect=16:10
18 mixer = hw:0
19 fontconfig=1
20 subfont-osd-scale=4
21 subfont-text-scale=3
22
23 I have an nVidia graphics card in my laptop:
24
25 # lspci | grep -i nvidia
26 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7700 (rev a1)
27
28 I set it up by basically installing x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers,
29 currently I'm at version 100.14.19.
30
31 Some sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if you would like more, let me know):
32
33 Section "Module"
34 Load "record"
35 Load "xtrap"
36 Load "glx"
37 Load "extmod"
38 Load "dbe"
39 Load "freetype"
40 Load "type1"
41 EndSection
42
43 Section "Device"
44 Identifier "GeForce 7700 Go"
45 Driver "nvidia"
46 VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
47 BoardName "GeForce 7700 Go"
48 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
49 Option "NoLogo" "true"
50 Option "BackingStore" "true"
51 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
52 Option "TwinView"
53 Option "HorizSync" "LCD: 31.5-79; Ext: 31.5-80; TV: 47.7"
54 Option "VertRefresh" "LCD: 60-60; Ext: 70-75; TV: 60"
55 Option "MetaModes" "Ext: 1280x1024 +1440+0, LCD: 1440x900
56 @1440x1024 +0+0; LCD: 1440x900, Ext: NULL"
57 Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "LCD"
58 Option "RenderAccel" "true"
59 EndSection
60
61 Currently I'm not using twin displays, just my laptop.
62
63 As I'm typing this email in Firefox, I notice every second or so a
64 pause. My cursor freezes, even though I continue to type, and only
65 after hanging for a split-second, the display catches up with what I
66 have been typing. This is after Firefox has been used yesterday and
67 sat idle overnight and doesn't involve mplayer at all.
68
69 Thanks for the help so far guys :)
70 Mike
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