[MPlayer-users] DVD playback

[Grigori Goronzy]

Gábor Lénárt wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html] On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 03:55:22PM -0400, Nix N.
> Nix wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> > DOCS/bugreports.html] Command line is:
> > 
> > mplayer -gui -skin plastic -vo x11 -aid 128 dvd://1
> > 
> > This causes the DVD to play using about 80% CPU (user).  Then, after
> > about 5-10 seconds it goes from 80% user / 0% system to 80% user /
> > 20% system and the audio starts going more and more out of sync.  If
> > I hit
> 
> imho system time is nothing to do with mplayer, it's your kernel.
> maybe ide dma / irq unmasking etc (see: hdparm) setting, or your
> kernel or whatever.
> 
> BTW, 80% is too high for your CPU ...
> 
> It's about 40% on my AMD Duron 600MHz clocked at 800, with G400.
> 

i guess the high cpu load comes from -vo x11. As i see your gfx card is
a ati mach64, try xvidix. if that doesn't work, dga.

-greg