[MPlayer-users] Why can't I watch HD videos?

[Piotr Stachura]

Dnia piątek, 24 listopada 2006 12:18, Stephen Mollett napisał:
> On Friday 24 November 2006 06:51, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> > One of the best sample sites is this one from Microsoft (WMV HD
> > Showcase)... The minimum system requirements, based on that page for
> > 720p's are: 2.4 Ghz processor or equivalent
> > ...
> > You have 2.2 and 2.4 is the minimum req for cpu. Your problem probably
> > lies there...Also...did you compile from source? or installed an rpm? Let
> > see if others on the list, using your kind of hardware, experience the
> > same issues you had...
>
> Hm, OK. Other people's experiences... I just had a look at some of the WMV
> HD content on my Athlon XP 3200+ (2200 MHz, 32-bit). CPU usage is typically
> about 75-80% for 720p content and it plays back just fine; 1080p is, of
> course, too much for it to handle. The graphics card is an ATI Radeon
> X850XT using the fglrx driver and -vo xv on 1600x1200-32. The video is
> being decoded using the ffwmv3 codec.

I agree, but ffwmv3 is SLOW. Using wmv9dmo decoder, on 32-bit mplayer i 
archived ~55%-60% cpu load.
The content was played on AMD64 3000+ at 1800MHz with GeForce 6600 (nvidia 
drivers).
They system requirements is based on windowzzz, you should downgrade it a 
little.

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Piotr Stachura