I purchased a new motherboard/cpu combo upgrading the AMD Athlon 1800+ to an Intel P4 2.4GHz. Spent about 4 hours getting it all
working again, verifying that I had basic MythTV system working before even trying the DVD. This morning I tried the DVD and still
the same error with mplayer "YOUR SYSTEM IS TOO SLOW TO PLAY THIS". Errrrr. I'm using a PVR-350 and of course don't have xvideo
available, so I've got to use -vo x11 on my mplayer. I'm trying ogle now, and while it hasn't completely died like mplayer there
are obvious frame drops. CPU load is fairly low, .5-.66, I would have expected it to be a lot more considering the cpu is having to
do all the decoding.
If you think Fry's is dangerous I would recommend you avoid any Apple Store OS release party. Having just walked away with a new G5, a new 12" PowerBook, and fresh copies of Tiger I'm wondering where I left my sanity last Friday. On the other hand, it's been a hell of a fun geek-out-weekend.
Regarding your play back issue, most likely I would have to say it's a DMA problem. You've got plenty of CPU to do what you want to and in fact I use both xine and mplayer with a 16x DVD drive to get flawless playback.
Another suggestion once you're 100% sure DMA isn't the issue. You might try also to play a DVD w/o any audio just to see what happens. Maybe the problem is more an issue with the way you're decoding the sound which is causing mplayer to drop frames to keep the video and audio in sync.
Lastly, try using mplayer and playing a DVD from a terminal outside of MythTV. The nice verbose output of mplayer is great for understanding the problem. I'm sure no one would mind you pasting that to the list.
-- Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIM: BlueCame1
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