[MPlayer-users] Re: [-] Optimization for a slow CPU

[Don Koch]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:43:50 +0200
Matthias Wieser wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 20:14 schrieb Don Koch:
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:34:51 +0200
> >
> > Matthias Wieser wrote:
> > > > > You can adjust the video ram size by putting e.g.
> > > > > VideoRam 32768
> > > > > into the "Device" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
> > > >
> > > > I have VideoRam 4096 in there now.  It should be 65536?
> > >
> > > 4MByte is too less. Do you read the other mails? That's why I proposed
> > > 32MByte....
> >
> > And did you read his mail?
> 
> Yes.

Obviously you didn't.

> > He just wants to know if the correct value 
> > for his card should be 65536 as opposed to your given value of 32768.
> 
> Both values are possible but I would go with 32MB or 16MB. But asking on 
> mailinglists is probably easier than just trying or reading "man i810" or 
> using google.

Then why bother answering him?  And why specify a value less than what he has?

> > Most X drivers figure it out without the need of a VideoRam attribute.
> 
> Yes. Obviously his X11 figures out 4MB which seems to be too less for 
> xvideo.

No, it looks like he actually put that in his xorg.conf.  I have no such directive
in mine and the log file says that VideoRam is 65536MB.

-d