[MPlayer-users] DVD playback

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 03:55:22PM -0400, Nix N. Nix wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Command line is:
> 
> mplayer -gui -skin plastic -vo x11 -aid 128 dvd://1
> 
> This causes the DVD to play using about 80% CPU (user).  Then, after
> about 5-10 seconds it goes from 80% user / 0% system to 80% user / 20%
> system and the audio starts going more and more out of sync.  If I hit

imho system time is nothing to do with mplayer, it's your kernel.
maybe ide dma / irq unmasking etc (see: hdparm) setting, or your kernel
or whatever.

BTW, 80% is too high for your CPU ...

It's about 40% on my AMD Duron 600MHz clocked at 800, with G400.

- Gábor