[MPlayer-users] Optimization for a slow CPU

[Rick]

Hey -- by chance have you gotten it to work in bash without xserver?

I've changed the conf file to the same as my X11 conf as far as monitor
v/h sync and res.  I even compiled the svga binary that was recommended
in their help files and did make device (/dev/svga) and when I ran
mplayer -vo svga the resulting movie looked horrible.  I think it's
just a driver issue or something but I'm a noob and could be wrong --
what could I be missing?  I don't think there's a way to run the ati
drivers right from bash, is there?  I read something on their help that
talked about manually loading a driver though vidix, but that it could
harm your system...  but they're compiled in my kernel so shouldn't it
see it?

I know it might seem kind of lame but I can't get the HQ stuff to pass
through X.  I would love it if I could turn this old AMD K6-2 into
something I could use, otherwise I need to buy a new system and I am
poor =P

....or maybe I'm stating the obvious?  O.K., this has the symptoms of
every driver problem I've had in the past.  Just would be nice if I
could get it to work with this card.

Thanks in advance -- for anything :)

-- Rick

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Optimization for a slow CPU
> From: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx>
> Date: Sat, September 09, 2006 1:39 pm
> To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests,  bug reports"
> <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> 
> On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 09:23:13AM -0700, Grant wrote:
> > >> >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.
> > >
> > >For reference, my celeron 366 is plenty fast to play DVD and
> > >mpeg4-asp. If a celeron 700 can't do it then the user has serious
> > >configuration problems.
> > 
> > What command do you use to run mplayer?
> 
> I use vidix vo driver on my celeron 366 laptop which has ATI Rage
> Mobility vid card. Command line is just the -vo xvidix or cvidix,
> otherwise defaults. -vo xv is not that much slower but with just 366 I
> need all the performance I can get on that machine.
> 
> > What kind of a
> > misconfiguration could I have?
> 
> Missing MTRR's, slow DVD drive (DMA problems, irq masking, ...) ...?
> 
> Rich
> 
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