On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:59:50 +0000 (UTC) Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > PO <x75 <at> shaw.ca> writes: > > > Any suggestions for a kernel build to help mplayer do it's thing? > > I doubt that you need a kernel update. > > > using slack 12.2 on an AMD Phenom 9950 with an ATI RV635 PCI-E vid card > > and 4 gigs ram. > > Neither the higher amount of ram nor the graphic card should have a > measurable effect on mplayer playback (assuming both graphic cards can > use xv or similar). Most probably graphic card IS his problem. Newer radeons dosnt have classic overlay, only 3d-engine variants. And getting 3d to work properly on RV6xx is no small task. > > > So far, it's been a step down from my old 1.2GHz Semperon chip with 512 > > Mb ram and an old 4x AGP vid card. > > Please define "step down". > Does -vo xv work for you (I assume you used it in your previous > configuration)? Are you sure that one of the Phenom cores is faster than > the Sempron? (I did not check.) MPlayer often can not take advantage of > multiple cores. > For ati it should be "does -vo gl/gl2 work for you?" If not, play with Xorg, drivers, mesa etc until it works. And, generally, stay away from ati if you are using linux.... -- Nick Koretsky (nikita@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
