> 1920x1080 H264 video is really demanding.
> try to play a sample of something like this one your p3 and see how it
> shrivel and die :).
>> I wonder if X is causing part of the problem?
>>
> Don't think so.
> just drawing an image is a relatively cheap thing. decoding it is the
> big deal.
> besides, when I play directly from mplayer with freevo turned off I
> don't get the freezes.
>
Are you run Freevo on top of a window manager? I have had trouble with
freevo and video performance doing that in a lot easier to handled
videos than an HD. You get the best performance when you use freevo as
the window manager. Just something to try.

Evan

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