[MPlayer-users] mplayer priority for the cpu

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 08:00:10PM +0200, Willem Granjé wrote:
> I've tried to do a "sudo renice -20 pid", but that makes it only
> worse: constant hiccups!

That is a rather sure indication that MPlayer is not (directly) your
problem, and the problem is a kind of priority inversion: MPlayer is
running and blocking your CPU while for optimal playback something else
should be running - usually your X server. Try to raise the priority of
your X server. And also check which vo you are using and try some
other. Also try some other graphics card driver if you have a choice...

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger