could be a configuration problem. on my machine, mplayer is much faster > and smoother than windows media player & co. for example, divx decoding > and viewing involves some jerks and hitches in windows, but in mplayer > the process is totally smooth and enjoyable. what video output driver > are you using? i use "-vo xv". if you're running kde or gnome, try to > switch over to a light window manager like fluxbox when you want to > watch a film. > have you compiled it rightly? you can learn a few things by doing a > "./configure --help | less" in the mplayer source directory. be sure to > go through the documentation thoroughly (in the "Documentation" > folder), though you may at first be overwhelmed by it. there are many > useful things in it. after installation, do a "man mplayer". > i'm sure if you poke around for some time, you'll be able to make > mplayer run like it should, and then you won't want to go back to > windows at all. >
i installed from the source only ... but i have xfree86 version 3.x on my woody machine ... and an S3 Trio64V2/DX display card. The problem is that Xfree86 4.x bundled with woody does'nt have support for my card but the latest version of xfree86 has. so i want that first. secondly, i can't fidn out how to enable the XVideo (xv) extensions for my X. i am also using gnome but switching to wmaker or something won't be a problem.help me as i really want to chuck out windows for most of my work ... currently i use windows only for watching movies and doing VB/VC coding -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
