[MPlayer-users] any luck playing 1080i content through VGA output to HDTV?

[Reimar at mplayerhq.hu]

Hi,
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 11:25:56PM -0800, RC wrote:
> > LOL :-)  This explains much.  I guess I should have bought the loud,
> > hot, expensive 3.4GHz CPU...
> 
> I doubt your performance with a 3.4GHz Intel would be any better
> than with your Sempron 3300.
> 
> You should be able to get playback up to realtime, even with
> deinterlacing...  Use "-framedrop", aggressive values for "-vf
> decimate", "-nocache", etc. Oh yes, and Rich's favorite... compile
> mplayer with gcc-2.95.x to get libmpeg2 to perform much better.  After
> that, you _might_ even want to try overclocking the processor/RAM
> slightly.

I really don't think there is any need for any of this. With that kind
of system, -vo xvmc actually should be slower than normal decoding.
I really think there is something wrong in your setup.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger