On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 03:02 +0000, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 02:20:26PM -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > > * Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-08-21 13:34:53 -0400]: > > > > > > Another good test scene: Maria in the Mother Superior's office, the > > > > Nvidia driver lets the viewer see the MS's facial expression change as > > > > Maria talks, with the nv driver you miss this subtle facial acting. > > > > > > > > I too was surprised that having the hardware decoding made a qualatative > > > > difference rather than just using more system resources. > > > > > > Wow, I hadn't expected the Xv extensions to be able to make that kind of > > > difference to the decoded video. Or perhaps there is some serious bug > > > in the open nv driver. > > > > Or try different video output drivers. In mplayer, -vo I think is the > > switch. The selected driver can make a difference. > > > > Could you elaborate on output drivers? I'm in the midst of a reinstall > so don't have VLC or the docs installed. I haven't tried mplayer. > Also, I don't actually own any DVDs. The Sound of Music was borrowed > from family from out-of-town over the Christmas holidays.
"mplayer -vo help" lists the different options. there are options like x11 (unaccelerated output), xv (Overlay-based output), gl (opengl-based output), gl2 (multitexturing opengl-based output), aalib (text-mode output) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
