-- Sara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Saturday, 31 May 2003, 06:26 PM +0200): > I wondered if anyone knew anything I could do to improve the reproduction of > DVDs. Trying different players (Ogle, Xine, Vlc), and running them even as > root, I always have the same problem: the images "freeze" a little. I can > watch the DVD, but it's a little annoying. > > I have plenty of memory and a fast processor, so I don't think that's the > problem :). Anyway, I've noticed that the process associated to the DVD > player does use a low porcentage of the total system memory. I've tried to > run the players as root and happens the same.
Are you reproducing a DVD, or are you trying to _watch_ a DVD? your description sounds like the latter (reproducing a DVD implies copying). Check out hdparm and using it to turn on DMA on your DVD drive. Your computer is new enough that it's almost certainly capable of DMA, and a simple instruction like 'hdparm -d /dev/dvdrom' (or whatever your device is mapped as) in your boot scripts will make a world of difference. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://matthew.weierophinney.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
