[MPlayer-users] hardware reqs for playing DIVX over dxr3/hollywood+

[Anders Rune Jensen]

"Michael D. Spiceland" <mailinglists at fuzzymonkey.org> writes:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> According to the mplayer docs a dxr3/hollywood+ card can be used to play
> non-MPEG files such as divx files.  What kind of hardware
> requirements/performance can one expect playing divx movies with one of
> these cards?  

I think 500-600MHz Athlon or P3 should be enough for normal sized mp4
(divx) movies

> Additionally, can the SP/DIF digital audio output on these cards be
> used even with PCM (non AC3) audio?

Yes

> Thanks in advance,
> Michael

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