PO wrote: > Nick Koretsky wrote: >> >> 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.... >> >> > -vo gl /gl2 works well, though there is a high amount of blurring in > motion scenes. -vo xv produces tearing and flickering. > I could swap the card with a nvidia 9600GT. I went with the ati because > the fonts were more readable. I should note this is my first experience > with a 2.6 kernel which is why I was looking for some advice on cflags > and /proc and such. Tweaks and things I can do to the kernel to maybe > speed things up for mplayer, as it will be the primary use for this box. "I've heard" that for multimedia, you should build a kernel with a 1000Hz timer and make it preemptible. I never benchmarked this (wouldn't even know how), but here the steps to get an "optimized" multimedia, low-latency kernel: General Setup: Disable "Optimize for size" Disable "Control Group support" Disable "Group CPU scheduler" Processor type and features: Enable "Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)" Enable "High Resolution Timer Support" Choose your CPU type in "Processor family" Choose "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)" as "Preemption Model" Choose "1000Hz" as "Timer frequency" Then build and boot it and check on whether it made a difference or not. _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
