Hi, On Wednesday 15 October 2008 11:09, Attila Kinali wrote: [...] > Uhmm.. -ass has no effect when watching DVDs, as DVDs do not > have ASS subtitles. But external *.ass file has. > And a P-II 366 is at the lower limit for > watching DVDs even if it's a desktop (you need a good and fast > graphics card). Using a laptop which has a lot lower i/o > bandwidth is at least problematic. Yes, it is. I recompiled entire system with hardest optimisations possible, and used the fastest vo available together with lavdopts tuning. > (Note for those who do not > know: the i/o bandwidth of PCs is at least as important as a > fast CPU if not even more important for watching videos) Ok, I wasn't aware of that. > > Note: I'm not objecting against libass, I use it occasionally > > myself, but fontconfig seems to me to be a preferred way to > > go. > > Note: you are mixing up text subtitles with non-text subtitles. Sorry, I wasn't consistent. I had in my mind external text subtitles (and DVD video was just an example of codec and resolution), so I compared subtitles rendering with and without libass. Best regards, Andrew -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/attachments/20081015/af0adf31/attachment.pgp