[MPlayer-users] Optimization for a slow CPU

[Grant]

> > > I have a Celeron 700 with 192MB.  I just bought a brand new Lite-On
> > > DVD burner from newegg.com and luckily it is watchable with -cache and
> > > -framedrop.  It's pretty choppy though and if I don't use -framedrop
> > > the sound cuts out after a couple seconds and it's really slow.  The
> > > picture quality is also kind of mushy.  Is there anything I can do to
> > > make it play smoothly and clean up the picture quality?  Here's the
> > > command I'm using:
> > >
> > > mplayer -cache 8192 -framedrop -dvd-device /dev/dvd dvd://1
> >
> > In case you haven't checked, you should make sure that you have
> > activated DMA on your drive (check with hdparm)
> >
> > A celeron 700 should be more than enough for watching DVD, and
> > probably most MPEG4-ASP (DivX) too.
>
> Yes. A celeron 400 is enough for most of the series you can "borrow" from
> the internet. I tested several files once and the celeron 400 had an
> onboard ATI Rage card. I suspect his problem is the audio track. Try
> selecting the stereo 2.0 pcm track from the DVD instead of the fancy 5.1
> track.

I'm building gmplayer now so I can select the basic audio track from
the DVD menu.

- Grant