[MPlayer-users] Re: [Zaurus-general] Initializing network from console?

[GD Lewis]

On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 03:04, Balatoni Denes wrote:
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> Hi!
> Actually mplayer doesn't care about qtopia, it writes to the fbdev
> directly; also it consumes like 4mb of ram, so I have not noticed any
> slow down or anything due to qtopia in mem. The only thing that
> makes it slow is when you use the software scaler. 
> That's all I have noticed so far, but what kind of problem
> are you having ?
> 
> bye
> Denes

Thanks for the response!  Actually, with a little research and fiddling,
I was able to resolve both issues...

To enable the network, first I just go into QTopia as normal, which
enables all networking by default. Then I goto the settings/control tab
and tap the shutdown icon, which has a setting to close qtopia, and pick
that.

Once Qtopia shuts down, it goes back to the 5 second delay before it
restarts, at which time you can hit "/" then "a" and it will take you to
a logon with full networking.

As far as the slowness and choppiness of mplayer playback, I simply
upped the cache and now it plays beautifully...

mplayer -quiet -cache 256 <file>

I am crossposting this to the mplayer list in case anyone can use the
tip.

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> 
> 2002. október 18. 08:42 dátummal GD Lewis ezekkel a bölcs gondolatokkal 
> ajándékozott meg:
> $$$ Greetings all!
> $$$
> $$$ My first post to this group, so please forgive any eitiquette that I may
> $$$ be lacking.
> $$$
> $$$ I have an SL-5500 which I love very much.  I use the smbclient to mount
> $$$ a share on my main workstation and it gives me access to all of my files
> $$$ which is just great coupled with the freedom of wireless access.
> $$$
> $$$ Here is my issue, I have some video files that I like to watch on my
> $$$ little Z and I use the mplayer port to do it.  The thing is, the Z,
> $$$ while very powerful for its size, is not exactly have abundant resources
> $$$ for watching videos.
> $$$
> $$$ I was thinking is there were some way that I could just drop QTopia
> $$$ altogether and use it from console then it may help speed it up a bit.
> $$$
> $$$ The problem is, when I do this, the CF WIFI card is not initialized at
> $$$ all, so I cannot access the network.
> $$$
> $$$ Is there anyway that I can manually bring up the interface from comand
> $$$ line like I would with a full box?  ifconfig or something of that sort?
> $$$
> $$$ Sorry for the ramble, and thanks in advance for any replies!
> $$$
> $$$ :-)
> $$$
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