[MPlayer-users] **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! ****(Solved)

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Sat, 3/21/09, Nicola Berndt <nb at komeda-berlin.de> wrote:

> From: Nicola Berndt <nb at komeda-berlin.de>
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! ****
> To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 12:55 PM
> > I have played around with several options -vo sdl which
> at least gives me the full screen using 'c' and
> 'f' keys respectively.  I have also tried xine and
> it gives me the error that the system is too slow to play
> the movie :(.  On other machines, I have encountered the
> error before, but I have by passed it by using -framedrop
> and using other options in xorg.conf.  Is there anything I
> can do to make this work better, or is it that the nvidia
> card is not well supported?
> > 
> >  nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS
> > 
> > Normally the nv driver has worked well for me and it
> has been a while since I have not used the nvidia drivers.  
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Antonio 
> 
> Hi Antonio,
> 
> I can only recommend using the latest nvdia drivers with
> vdpau support, wich means hardware decoding of mpeg1/2 h264
> and vc1! These drivers kick ass and make your cpu load drop
> below 10% for 1080p movies. The only downside is that the
> menu is not working, osd and subs are fine, though.
> 
> There are quite some howtos around, so you should bet it up
> and running rather easy..
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> ../nico berndt
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I have finally put this issue behind me :)

I installed the nvidia drivers through rpmfusion and now, I get excellent ouptut and no complaints from mplayer :)

Thanks to all for helping and suggesting the nvidia driver :)

Regards,

Antonio