[MPlayer-users] ati mach 64 and redhat 7.1

[Bret Hughes]

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 14:50, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Friday, 24 October 2003, Bret Hughes wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > I have been working with mplayer and have been able to script the
> > playing of an small mpeg(20MB) movie.  However when I scale it I see
> > that it chews up all the cpu on my 700Mhz duron.  I assum this is due to
> > the software scaling that is occuring since afaics, Xvideo is not
> > availible.
> > 
> > I have read and reread the docs and currently believe that I will need
> > to get Xvideo working inorder to off load the scaling to the video card.
> > 
> > Is this correct?  I found a howto on compiling DRI and gatos (I think
> > through the mplayer docs but maybe not)  Before I launch down this path
> > I thought I would ask if this is the right move.
> 
> No need to compile, just download the precompiled binaries from GATOS
> website. Be sure to use the version appropriate for your XFree version.
> I'd also suggest upgrading to RedHat 7.3. I used to have a Duron 700 with
> ATI 3D Rage Pro (Mach64GT) and it worked like charm with GATOS drivers.
> 


That is just too easy.  interesting that on a 7.3 box with X 4.2 X
chewed up very little cpu but mplayer was eating over 40%

on the 7.1 box with X 4.1, X itself was eating up an additional 35-40%
of cpu  leaving nothing for anything else.  

One I installed the gatos binaries for each X version, total cpu usage
dropped to less than 7% 

Now I am off to learn about different scaling algorithms.

Thanks again.

Bret