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

[Joey Parrish]

On 6/26/07, CD Baric <cdbaric at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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',
>
> 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]

NOTE: This is a test to discover the cause.  This is not a solution.

Try this:
mplayer "Coyote Ugly.mks" -vf scale=640:-2

Does it still play badly?

--Joey