Keep in mind that decoding encrypted DVD's is very CPU entensive. So unless you have a decoder card (hardware decoding) rather than just using decss (software decoding) the CPU needs to do all the work in real time. Slower CPU's just can't keep up, so you either have to drop alot of frames to keep pace, which results in very jittery performance, or you end up with the load on the box climbing well over 1.00, and the performance is still horrid.
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > What kind of other hardware are you useing? > > I have noticed that Lonnie's recommendation (in the Xine SxS) for > PIII-550+ is very appropriate. I have a decent 450 system but > video-playback is miserable. I throw the same RPM's for Xine on the same > Distro (COLW311) on an 800MHz laptop and playback is great. > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:37:02 +0000 (UTC) > Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:46:38 -0500, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > > Good heavens! The 4Mb card won't handle it. In addtion to memory > > > being too low it's probably old enough it's too slow! > > > > > > > What can I say!? I live in the dark ages! LOL. I'm a console person > > and just haven't needed more until now. > > > > The dvd doesn't play well in the Microtel I have either. That at least > > has an AGP 4x chip but uses 8Mb of system RAM. I would think that it > > would be better than the other machine, but it is not. Or maybe it is > > better, but just not good enough to notice the difference. I haven't > > really compared the two. > > > > I'll report back after I get the other card in. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
