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

[CD Baric]

On 6/26/07, Joey Parrish <joey.parrish at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Thanks for feedback.

Movie starts but states my system is too slow and gives usual recommendations.

My CPU useage goes from 7% to 100% - just like playing without -vf
scale=640:-2 arguments BUT the film actually does play better, but not
for long.

After 30 seconds I start getting the same error messages as above and
I lose sync and image slows down.

By now it is unwatchable.

Bar