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

[Nilmoni Deb]

On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

> 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?

The nvidia linux forum:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=9e3c7e618d195d55e892e43c25cd427c&threadid=4997&perpage=25&pagenumber=2


> 
> Thanks,
> Hetz
>