[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] README

[Arpi]

Hi,

> On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 03:22:48AM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> > > (which is a good bit slower than P3 800) can play DVDs with tolerably
> > > low frame dropping using -vo fbdev. Of course -vo x11 is a good bit
> > > slower perhaps.
> > 
> > i meant with no framedrop. even a 486 can play dvd, with 98% framedrop :)
> 
> Only -hardframedrop. Normal framedrop will only help if the machine is
> fast enough to decode but not to copy to the screen, right?

not really
normal -framedrop means drop display and drop decoding if possible without
image distortions. -hardframedrop will drop decoding too.

> > and fbdev is a way accelerated, at least it set up the card, mtrr etc,
> > compared to x11 most users try first. especially when you try -fs -zoom
> 
> Ah, I forgot they do that. :) Having mga_vid makes one forget such
> horrid black magic. Actually fbdev is prolly faster than xv even with
> the colorspace convert, since X does all kindsa silly extra copying or
> something.
yea :(

> > > IMHO, enough people out there are already confused that "mplayer needs
> > > win32 dlls to do anything", so it's best not to further that
> > > misconception even more in the INSTALL file.
> > 
> > agree
> > 
> > but there is the other side too - without them mplayer can't do more than
> > xine or avifile :)
> 
> Yeah, but it can do what it does without requiring a 2 GHz box. :)

and c++ compiler :)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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