Re: [gentoo-user] Choppy video playback

[Mike Mazur]

Hi,

On Jan 28, 2008 7:55 AM, ionut cucu <cuciferus@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:28:35 +0900
> "Mike Mazur" <mmazur@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Jan 27, 2008 9:55 PM, ionut cucu <cuciferus@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > True as that is, is think it's kind a of the point. I have been
> > > using mplayer to see movies since k7-2(I think it as a k7-2 don't
> > > remember for sure). I've seldom got the error about CPU being to
> > > slow and always it was another reason for mplayer not being able to
> > > play it. I would rather say you should look in mplayer -vo help and
> > > try different drivers until you get the one it suites you. If you
> > > have a 3d card choose gl or gl2, if not xv. Also please check that
> > > you have setup preperly the graphics card.
> >
> > Ah yes you reminded me that I wanted to include my mplayer settings in
> > my original email. My /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf contains:
> >
> > vo=gl2
> > monitoraspect=16:10
> > mixer = hw:0
> > fontconfig=1
> > subfont-osd-scale=4
> > subfont-text-scale=3
> >
> > I have an nVidia graphics card in my laptop:
> >
> > # lspci | grep -i nvidia
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7700
> > (rev a1)
> >
> > I set it up by basically installing x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers,
> > currently I'm at version 100.14.19.
> <snip>
> I to am using the same version of it and using vo=gl2 on mplayer gets
> me a choppy playback. But vo=gl or xv works fine for me.

In my case, vo=gl2, vo=gl and vo=x11 all behave the same, with regular
pauses. xv is not listed when I type `mplayer -vo help`.

So doesn't this indicate that it's perhaps not mplayer itself causing
trouble, but rather something system-wide instead? Especially since
this regular pause also occurs while I type in text fields in Firefox.

Thanks,
Mike
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