[MPlayer-users] mplayer and low end machines

[Korosi Akos]

Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz at kde.org> wrote:

> I understand that I cannot play full DVD's with it (well, software DVD players 
> requires at least Pentium 350 + 128MB RAM), but I was wondering how good will 
> it be when it comes to playing AVI, DiVX3/4/5 files in a window or in full 
> screen? any good suggestions for tweaking to make it run fast? (I'm using KDE 
> 3 but I can switch to Window Maker of XFCE if needed)..

As I know, the best performace to use MPlayer is with
svgalib. Of course svgalib has to support your video
card (or chipset). Look for details at www.svgalib.org

I can watch divx on my older machine, that is:
AMD K6-2 350 MHz
Asus V3000 graph card (riva 128)

It is true, that I have to watch some movies in
8 bit/pixel (or 16 bit/pixel with -framedrop),
but it is quite good and full screen!

And svgalib don't needs X!
So the problem can be only if your graph card is
not supported by svgalib...

Best wishes,
Akos