From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 10:00:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B2E16A4CE for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:00:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E4DE43FD7 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:00:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu74-159-108.nc.rr.com [24.74.159.108])hAAI0ogd016266; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:00:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) hAAI0BHE075369; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:00:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Drew Tomlinson In-Reply-To: <001d01c3a7b4$3f79e1d0$6e2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <020801c3a491$9c595820$6e2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> <001d01c3a7b4$3f79e1d0$6e2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-2/6ekJ/3HyWXXUZ+SHXO" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1068487249.725.53.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:00:49 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: FreeBSD Gnome Subject: Re: MPlayer & Gnome 2.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:00:56 -0000 --=-2/6ekJ/3HyWXXUZ+SHXO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 12:58, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Jeremy Messenger" > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 8:51 PM >=20 >=20 > > On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:12:58 -0800, Drew Tomlinson > > wrote: > > > > > I used to use Gnome 2.2 on a 4.8 box and run mplayer. This > arrangement > > > worked fine. However, since upgrading to Gnome 2.4, I've had > problems > > > with mplayer. Video runs smooth for about 2 - 3 minutes and then > begins > > > pausing briefly every 5 - 10 seconds. The pause lasts a fraction of > a > > > second and then catches up. The audio is fine. Sometimes the audio > and > > > video get out of sync but catches up over time. Options enabled are > > > frame dropping, hard frame dropping, and autosynch. I'm using the > xv > > > (default?) video driver and the esd audio driver. The same stream > on > > > the same network from the same server does not have this problem in > > > Windows Media Player on a Windows box. This behavior is consistent > > > across various codecs and streams. > > > > > > In the beginning, I suspected the problem was introduced in an > mplayer > > > upgrade but now I think it might have come from the Gnome upgrade. > > > Although the box is a 2.2 GHz Pentium 4 processor with 256K RAM, I > > > suspect it can't keep up. I normally used gmplayer but tried a > regular > > > mplayer session started from a terminal window. What I noticed is > that > > > the counters pause when the video pauses. In fact, the whole > machine > > > pauses. > > > > > > I've tried running 'top' but I don't see any excessive cpu usage. > > > mplayer only uses around 23% of the cpu and the rest of the system > is > > > only using 8% - 10% But maybe I don't see anything here because a > usage > > > spike is gone before the next top update? > > > > > > Anyway, any suggestions on things to check to confirm or deny my > > > suspicions? Has anyone else experienced this? > > > > I use MPlayer a lot and I don't have any problem with it beside > Metacity > > VS MPlayer. However, maybe you should try to recompile/reinstall > MPlayer > > to see if it will help. >=20 > What is the issue with Metacity? Maybe that's my problem? I know Gnome > 2.2 used sawfish but 2.4 uses Metacity. Actually, GNOME 2.2 used Metacity as well. You can still switch to sawfish even in GNOME 2.4. Joe >=20 > I've tried recompile/reinstall of mplayer but it hasn't helped. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Drew >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-2/6ekJ/3HyWXXUZ+SHXO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/r9JRb2iPiv4Uz4cRAslCAKCPG+cbknxzyNl3Hg00f7/2ZsL/+gCfS1w0 f/4Xelvx+291khvjTomxAqA= =u5Wo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-2/6ekJ/3HyWXXUZ+SHXO--