[MPlayer-users] mplayer slow to start displaying video

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Kevin DeKorte <kdekorte <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 09/26/2010 06:34 AM, James Board wrote:
> >> Please recompile MPlayer after installing the necessary
> >> libraries (and headers)
> >> for xv or gl (or vdpau if you are using a recent Nvidia GPU

That should have been "xv or gl_nosw or vdpau".

> >> and the binary drivers).
> > 
> > xv already works, but displays in only a small portion of the screen.
> > Where can I find these drivers, and where can I find documentation on this?

You probably have to tell us what kind of GPU (and OS and distribution in case
of Linux) you use to get an answer.

> So
> 
> mplayer -vo xv -fs [video]
> 
> Only gives you a video in a small portion of the screen? If so I'm
> guessing it might be dropping back to x11 mode

I don't think "-vo xv" supports dropping back to anything else.

> in that case try
> 
> mplayer -vo xv,x11 -fs -zoom [video]

That is exactly what you should try to avoid:
x11 also is very slow (slower than sdl, I'd guess), I don't think there still is
any usable hardware that needs it.

Carl Eugen