When I try to play a DVD using mplayer it runs slowly, something like 4 frames a
second. The screen is split diagonally and it seems as if one frame is pasted
into the top left half of the screen and the next into the bottom right.
Any ideas about what is happening, how to diagnose it or how to get it working
correctly.
Currently I am using the latest Debian testing distribution packages, though I
have had similar problems with etch.
John
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04-11-2008, 01:13 PM
Ron Johnson
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On 04/11/08 07:34, John Talbut wrote:
> When I try to play a DVD using mplayer it runs slowly, something like 4
> frames a second. The screen is split diagonally and it seems as if one
> frame is pasted into the top left half of the screen and the next into
> the bottom right.
>
> Any ideas about what is happening, how to diagnose it or how to get it
> working correctly.
>
> Currently I am using the latest Debian testing distribution packages,
> though I have had similar problems with etch.
You don't tell use whether your system is a P90 with an et4000/w32
video card, or a 3GHz Core2Duo with an NVIDIA 8900 and the nvidia
driver.
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04-11-2008, 01:58 PM
John Talbut
Mplayer runs slowly, screen split diagonally
>On 04/11/08 07:34, John Talbut wrote:
>> When I try to play a DVD using mplayer it runs slowly, something like 4
>> frames a second. The screen is split diagonally and it seems as if one
>> frame is pasted into the top left half of the screen and the next into
>> the bottom right.
>>
>> Any ideas about what is happening, how to diagnose it or how to get it
>> working correctly.
>>
>> Currently I am using the latest Debian testing distribution packages,
>> though I have had similar problems with etch.
> You don't tell use whether your system is a P90 with an et4000/w32
> video card, or a 3GHz Core2Duo with an NVIDIA 8900 and the nvidia
> driver.
My system has a Pentium III processor at 1 GHz and I have a 16 MB ATI Rage 128
Pro 4X AGP video card.
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04-11-2008, 03:12 PM
Ron Johnson
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On 04/11/08 08:58, John Talbut wrote:
>>On 04/11/08 07:34, John Talbut wrote:
>>> When I try to play a DVD using mplayer it runs slowly, something like 4
>>> frames a second. The screen is split diagonally and it seems as if one
>>> frame is pasted into the top left half of the screen and the next into
>>> the bottom right.
>>>
>>> Any ideas about what is happening, how to diagnose it or how to get it
>>> working correctly.
>>>
>>> Currently I am using the latest Debian testing distribution packages,
>>> though I have had similar problems with etch.
>
>> You don't tell use whether your system is a P90 with an et4000/w32
>> video card, or a 3GHz Core2Duo with an NVIDIA 8900 and the nvidia
>> driver.
>
> My system has a Pentium III processor at 1 GHz and I have a 16 MB ATI
> Rage 128 Pro 4X AGP video card.
a) Has it always run this slowly?
b) What video driver are you using?
c) What *exact* command line are you using to view the movie?
d) Does it view acceptably in other players, like vlc or xine?
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04-13-2008, 10:39 AM
John Talbut
Mplayer runs slowly, screen split diagonally
> >>> When I try to play a DVD using mplayer it runs slowly, something
> like 4
> >>> frames a second. The screen is split diagonally and it seems as if
> one
> >>> frame is pasted into the top left half of the screen and the next into
> >>> the bottom right.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas about what is happening, how to diagnose it or how to get it
> >>> working correctly.
> >>>
> >>> Currently I am using the latest Debian testing distribution packages,
> >>> though I have had similar problems with etch.
> >
> >> You don't tell use whether your system is a P90 with an et4000/w32
> >> video card, or a 3GHz Core2Duo with an NVIDIA 8900 and the nvidia
> >> driver.
> >
> > My system has a Pentium III processor at 1 GHz and I have a 16 MB ATI
> > Rage 128 Pro 4X AGP video card.
>
> a) Has it always run this slowly?
>
> b) What video driver are you using?
>
> c) What *exact* command line are you using to view the movie?
>
> d) Does it view acceptably in other players, like vlc or xine?
I was trying to run mplayer from the GUI. When I ran it from the command line I
got a lot of information. What I have concluded up to now is that the
diagonally split screen is to do with interlacing and the slowness is to do with
lack of processor time.
It seems as if I now need to sort out which are the best video and audio drivers
and interlacing. And sort out how to get the GUI to use these settings (I now
know about .mplayer/gui.conf). I wish there was a nice clear explanation
somewhere of how to find the optimum settings.
I will leave it for now as it is taking up to much of my time. Thanks for your
help, Ron.
John
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04-13-2008, 07:02 PM
Ron Johnson
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>
> I was trying to run mplayer from the GUI. When I ran it from the
> command line I got a lot of information. What I have concluded up to
> now is that the diagonally split screen is to do with interlacing and
> the slowness is to do with lack of processor time.
>
> It seems as if I now need to sort out which are the best video and audio
> drivers and interlacing. And sort out how to get the GUI to use these
> settings (I now know about .mplayer/gui.conf). I wish there was a nice
> clear explanation somewhere of how to find the optimum settings.
>
> I will leave it for now as it is taking up to much of my time. Thanks
> for your help, Ron.
Good luck! (In the sincere way, not the sarcastic way.) Mplayer is
known for it's thoroughness, not it's approachability.
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