[MPlayer-users] DVD-video-stutters on RedHat 8

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

On Saturday 28 December 2002 15:53, Nilmoni Deb wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> Chris,
> 	Since this a problem in both mplayer and ogle, it may be an issue
> with DMA on ur DVD/CD drive. U claim to have tried out hdparm etc. but
> have u verified if the kernel supports DMA on the CD/DVD drives ("dmesg"
> may be helpful)? If not, u need to get a new kernel. The latest (Dec 19)
> is in ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/ . Try the kernel-debug and
> see if this kernel helps.

Enabling DMA for your CD/DVD is very simple in Red Hat 8.x. Simply put this 
line in /etc/modules.conf:

options ide-cd dma=1

> Regarding the NVIDIA geforce2 go driver, I have read that the latest 4191
> drivers have slower 2D (but faster 3D) but that slowdown should be evident
> even when u r playing a movie from the hard-drive.

Where have you seen it? mind giving a URL please?

Thanks,
Hetz