[MPlayer-users] options to speed up mplayer if video playback is not required

[John Doe]

From: Reyada Wolak <reyada.wolak at gmail.com>

> > Not sure if (or how much) it would speed it up but I would  remove all
> > unnecessary options from the configure (./configure  --help)...
> > By example: -disable-gui, -disable-joystick, etc...
> >  But maybe, appart from file size, it won't change much...
> i tried  that but i ended up with errors in compilation. if it is only the
> size i  don't think it will matter a  lot.

Yes, a few parameters seemed to be mandatory even though they seemed gui only...
Just add the disable one by one and remove the ones that breaks the compilation.
By example I think I needed to keep --enable-bitmap-font

JD