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Cc: Aniruddha <mailing_list@redmijncomputer.nl>
Subject: Re: Problems watching video with  the Radeon HD 3850
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On Friday 17 April 2009 21:30:09 Aniruddha wrote:
> Mel Flynn wrote:
> > -cache 20480 for a ~20MB cache which should be sufficient to rule this
> > out. If this resolves the problem, it's not in your video card (or
> > driver), but rather in storage media.
> >
> > If using mplayer, can you try if specifying a cache resolves the
> > problems? Use
>
> This didn't work, I suspect the problem is with the driver though.

Good (kinda ;p ). I had similar problems with a built-in intel, till I noticed 
that disk video didn't display this problem. I tried the cache for the dvd and 
that solved it, 2 days later my DVD drive died, which is why I now rule this 
out before anything else, takes only a few minutes to do. 
-- 
Mel