Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:10:43 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: well, i guess it's time to ask..... Message-ID: <20100819221043.GA91107@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100819200547.GB33689@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20100819011024.GA10288@thought.org> <4C6C8833.50108@pathscale.com> <20100819185453.GA90635@thought.org> <20100819200547.GB33689@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:05:47PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:54:53AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > i am not planning on watching a movie that is on a DVD-RW but > > via [say] kmplayer via video stream. and rather than the std > > 'movie-length' of 120 minutes, an hour or less streamed by PBS. > > > > with my 2.4ghz Dell loaded at its usual 0.25 - 0.4, and using > > kmplayer or vlc, the video is jerky or hangs for several seconds. > > A 2.4 GHz machine with a decent grahics card should have no problem with > displaying full screen video, if you are using the XVideo extension. For > mplayer try '-vo xv' on the mplayer command line, or put 'vo=xv' in > ~/.mplayer/config. For VLC choose tools->preferences, and in the dialog window > check "Accelerated video output" in the "Video" tab. > > It sounds more like a network issue. (you can confirm that if you can play > files from a local disk without hiccups) Maybe increasing the buffering might > help. > i actually do have some discs that i BOUGHT. they are by the late scholar, Joseph Campbell who taught literature at Sarah Lawrence or wehatever and became a "mythologist". I think I have every one of his books, most of his lectures, and the four dvd's of his 13-hour broadcast. they play flawlessly, so it it may be hanging on the network side. how can i increase the buffering? say using kmplayer or vlc? i've poked around here and there but do not see anyplace to tune the buffering. meanwhile, i will try the 'accelerated video output' with vlc. thanks! gary > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org
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