[MPlayer-users] Linux 2.6.20 mplayer rc1 overwhelmed playing 720p mkv...

[CD Baric]

Hello:

I run a Slackware 11.2 Linux 2.6.20 KDE desktop on a 1.8 GHz Celeron
with 1 gig memory.

I run mplayer 1.0 rc1 in a console to play videos/movies on a
1280x1024 desktop on a GeForce FX5200 128meg video card using
proprietary nVidia drivers.

This setup works perfectly for all AVIs, DVDs and various wmv and mpeg
video formats.

When attempting to play a recent download 'Coyote Ugly.mks',

Cache fill: 10.74% (901120 bytes)
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_AC3), -aid 0, -alang eng
[mkv] Will play video track 1
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO:  [avc1]  1280x720  24bpp  23.976 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/29.17% (ratio: 56000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12  [fs]


mplayer almost immediately balks. The audio loses sync with the video
and complains about buffers being overloaded.

Too many video packets in the buffer: (333 in 8401465 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?

Is there some problem with the mks container protocol?

Can I convert this format to something a little more useable with mencoder?

Thanks for any feedback.

Bar