[MPlayer-users] linux: stops and continues

[Manuel Mollar]

hi,

Im here again.
Using
   -framedrop and -cache 2000
mplayer still stops aprox. one time per minute, but very asincronous.
It seems not to be related to my hardware, as average cpu usage is <10%, and
other applications do not alter the behavior of mplayer (for example, a huge
compilation do not alter it).
Also, the "xine" player plays the files "correctly" because in version 0.96
its synchronization problems seem to be solved . Of course xine has other
problems: poor image quality, I cannot play several formats, it hangs when
manually jumping inside the film, etc.


Arpi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> RTFM...
> really!
>
> use CVS and use -cache option
>
> > I'm running mplayer under linux, scenario:
> > Athlon 1500 Mhz 512 Mbytes RAM
> > NVIDIA Riva TNT 64, drivers from NVIDIA
> > Suse 7.2 (kernel 2.4.4)
> >
> > I use mplayer only to see divx films, and when playing, periodically it
> > stops for an instant (less than a second) and then continues.
> > I have experimented that it occurs aprox every 10 seconds (it's not
> > periodic) if ultra dma is not active. Activating ultradma with hdparm
> > -d1 -a8, the problem decreases and mplayer stops only one or two times
> > per minute.
> > For me, this is the only problem that separates mplayer from the
> > perfection, thanks to developers for the work.
> > Note: on windows, the films that I have tried can be played OK with
> > microsoft mediaplayer, but I have no plan to install windows in my
> > computer!