[MPlayer-users] DVDs on my slow computer

[Roland Häder]

> I'm a Linux user, but I must to have windows (parents, sisters) ;-((. In
Show them Linux. There're also a lot good office systems out there. StarOffice 
e.g. has a good Microsuck importer (Word, Exel, Access, PP). Maybe you can 
try to change their mind on Linux when you show them how easy Linux can be?

> windows I have PowerDVD - it's a program to play a DVD movies. It's cracked
> version (illegal), so I say: "I won't to use a illegal soft, on MPlayer I
Another reason for I completely switched to Linux: Mostly programs are GPL or 
OpenSource, so I don't need key-generators or illegal serialz anymore.

> can play a DVD!!!" But I have too slow computer for DVD playback (celeron
> 466, TNT2, 192 MB RAM). PowerDVD decode on less quality, but it's work very
Huh? 466 MHz is too slow? Have you tried with 16 Bits color deepth instead of 
24 / 32 bits?

Could be a nice idea to fall back on "lower" color bitrates.

> well (I haven't "slideshow"). On xine I have more quality, it work speed,
> but xine haven't very much options (e.g. chapters). Of course, MPlayer has
> this options, but it's slowly ;-(( I use "-framedrop" (-hardframedrop isn't
> good), "-cache 2048", but it's still slow. Without "-framedrop" MPlayer
> lose A-V sync. (I saw different that I heard). How to decode on e.g. 16
> bits? (like in the PowerDVD - probably). I use -vo xv (hardware
Does all your glx and XFree86 loads perfectly?

> accelerate), and nVidia drivers. In xine in console output I get this:
>
> < cut >
> video_overlay: error: object->overlay was not freed!
> video_out : throwing away image with pts 13053300 because it's too old
> (diff :2630 > 1800). video_overlay: error: object->overlay was not freed!
> video_overlay: error: object->overlay was not freed!
> video_out : throwing away image with pts 13406100 because it's too old
> (diff :3916 > 1800). video_out : throwing away image with pts 13413300
> because it's too old (diff :2132 > 1800). 200 frames delivered, 0 frames
> skipped, 3 frames discarded
> < cut >
Even for me it looks like old XFree86 system? Upgrading to a newer one and 
taking the NV_KERNEL and NV_GLX from http://www.nvidia.com could also be a 
good idea.

> That means, xine throwing away too old frames (MPlayer didn't throw away
> this frames, so it lose the A-V synchronization). I didn't see options to
> do this (-framedrop?) in man page and dokumentations.
At this point I hope other guys from this mailing list may help you? :D

> And question: How to play DVD movies on MPlayer on my computer?
Sorry, I don't know. :(

> PS. Sorry for my english, I still learning. ;-)
Good, same for me...

Roland
;-)