[MPlayer-users] Re: <A.D.D> linux user overwhelmed with information; please recommend the best devices for Mplayer

[Tobias Diedrich]

Robert L. Hiett wrote:

> I'm running a p.o.s. ecs k75sa mainboard, 256MB ram, althon XP 1.4 Mhz
> and redhat 8.0
>  
> I just ordered the hollywood+ em8300 chipset becuase I heard that the
> dvd decoder chips are garbage on the consumer video cards and I heard
> Mplayer supports this. Will I only be able to use the "tv-out" feature
> for watching dvd's on this card, or will I be able to watch divx flicks
> on my tv using this tv-out portion of this card?

I would not recommend using a hollywood+ card for this as your PC is
more than fast enough to do software DVD decoding. I'd recommend trying
an nvidia card with tv out and the nvtv tool.

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Tobias								PGP: 0x9AC7E0BC
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