Re: terrible mplayer performance

2010-06-15 Thread Chip Camden
On Jun 14 2010 21:06, Neil Short wrote:
> --- On Mon, 6/14/10, Polytropon  wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Check the output of "pciconf -lv" to see what
> > identification of
> > your graphics hardware is output. 
> 
> result:
> ...
> vgap...@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x03 card=0x140a103c chip=0x00468086 
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> class  = display
> subclass   = VGA
> ...
> 

You have exactly the same chipset I do.  I have not seen any mention of
work being done on the intel driver for this chipset, but I would be glad
to lend a hand if someone could direct me on how to begin.

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Re: terrible mplayer performance

2010-06-14 Thread Neil Short
--- On Mon, 6/14/10, Polytropon  wrote:

> 
> 
> Check the output of "pciconf -lv" to see what
> identification of
> your graphics hardware is output. 

result:
...
vgap...@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x03 card=0x140a103c chip=0x00468086 rev=0x02 
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
class  = display
subclass   = VGA
...

> Then change xorg.conf to
> use
> the proper driver for this. After this change (and a
> restart of
> X), mplayer should use the correct output driver.
> 
> You can enter "mplayer -vo help" to get a list of the
> available
> output drivers (e. g. xv, x11, gl, gl2, dgl, sdl and so
> on).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
> 


  

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Re: terrible mplayer performance

2010-06-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:13:38 -0700 (PDT), Neil Short  wrote:
> Ok. I'm stuck. Mplayer's performance is worse on this laptop than
> it is on my Toshiba running with a half-speed processor. I have
> attempted all the suggestions I can find re: getting the performance.

You should use direct rendering when possible, it seems to be the
fastest playback.



> The video is slow - so it lags the audio by quite a bit. I keep
> getting "Your processor is too slow..." stuff.

Try -framedrop or -hardframedrop, but that's not the solution,
just a workaround.



> What to do?
> 
> I built mplayer from ports (not package).
> mplayer-1.0.r20100117_1
> 
> My computer is an HP Pavilion dv4
> 
> xorg.conf is set up to run the vesa driver. That's how X -configure
> set it up. I have no idea what graphics device is actually on this
> machine.

This looks like the problem. You should use the correct driver for
your graphics card; "vesa" can be seen as "last compatibility option",
usually not very performant.



> dmesg shows:
> Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #1: Mon Jun  7 10:53:01 MST 2010
> nesh...@carmen:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CARMEN amd64
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU   M 330  @ 2.13GHz (2127.92-MHz K8-class 
> CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x20652  Family = 6  Model = 25  Stepping = 2
>   
> Features=0xbfebfbff ,PBE>
>   
> Features2=0x98e3bd
>   AMD Features=0x28000800
>   AMD Features2=0x1
>   TSC: P-state invariant
> real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
> avail memory = 3892748288 (3712 MB)
> ACPI APIC Table: 
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
> FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 SMT threads
>  cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
>  cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
>  cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  4
>  cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  5
> ...
> vgapci0:  port 0x6050-0x6057 mem 
> 0xd000-0xd03f,0xc000-0xcfff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
> agp0:  on vgapci0
> agp0: detected 32764k stolen memory
> agp0: aperture size is 256M
> ...
> ==

You have a multicore processor and 4 GB of RAM and video playback
is slow? Impossible! My P2/300 with 512 MB RAM plays video without
any problems (running FreeBSD 5 and who knows what old version
of mplayer)...

Check the output of "pciconf -lv" to see what identification of
your graphics hardware is output. Then change xorg.conf to use
the proper driver for this. After this change (and a restart of
X), mplayer should use the correct output driver.

You can enter "mplayer -vo help" to get a list of the available
output drivers (e. g. xv, x11, gl, gl2, dgl, sdl and so on).




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Re: terrible mplayer performance

2010-06-14 Thread Chip Camden
On Jun 14 2010 15:13, Neil Short wrote:
> Ok. I'm stuck. Mplayer's performance is worse on this laptop than it is on my 
> Toshiba running with a half-speed processor. I have attempted all the 
> suggestions I can find re: getting the performance.
> The video is slow - so it lags the audio by quite a bit. I keep getting "Your 
> processor is too slow..." stuff.
> 
> What to do?
> 
> I built mplayer from ports (not package).
> mplayer-1.0.r20100117_1
> 
> My computer is an HP Pavilion dv4
> 
> xorg.conf is set up to run the vesa driver. That's how X -configure set it 
> up. I have no idea what graphics device is actually on this machine.
> 
> dmesg shows:
> Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #1: Mon Jun  7 10:53:01 MST 2010
> nesh...@carmen:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CARMEN amd64
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU   M 330  @ 2.13GHz (2127.92-MHz K8-class 
> CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x20652  Family = 6  Model = 25  Stepping = 2
>   
> Features=0xbfebfbff ,PBE>
>   
> Features2=0x98e3bd
>   AMD Features=0x28000800
>   AMD Features2=0x1
>   TSC: P-state invariant
> real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
> avail memory = 3892748288 (3712 MB)
> ACPI APIC Table: 
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
> FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 SMT threads
>  cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
>  cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
>  cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  4
>  cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  5
> ...
> vgapci0:  port 0x6050-0x6057 mem 
> 0xd000-0xd03f,0xc000-0xcfff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
> agp0:  on vgapci0
> agp0: detected 32764k stolen memory
> agp0: aperture size is 256M
> ...
> ==
> 
>  "What did you do?" the man holding the flashlight asked.
> 
>  "I put down a spider," he said, wondering why the man didn't see; in the 
> beam of yellow light the spider bloated up larger than life. "So it could get 
> away."
> 

I have an i3 M 350 -- the intel drivers do not yet work for this chipset.
It's the Intel HM55, probably.  To verify, give us the output of

pciconf -vl | grep vgapci0

The chip= portion of that has the PCI ID.  Mine's 00468086.  For now at
least, I'm stuck on vesa.  But mplayer seems to run fine for me.

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terrible mplayer performance

2010-06-14 Thread Neil Short
Ok. I'm stuck. Mplayer's performance is worse on this laptop than it is on my 
Toshiba running with a half-speed processor. I have attempted all the 
suggestions I can find re: getting the performance.
The video is slow - so it lags the audio by quite a bit. I keep getting "Your 
processor is too slow..." stuff.

What to do?

I built mplayer from ports (not package).
mplayer-1.0.r20100117_1

My computer is an HP Pavilion dv4

xorg.conf is set up to run the vesa driver. That's how X -configure set it up. 
I have no idea what graphics device is actually on this machine.

dmesg shows:
Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #1: Mon Jun  7 10:53:01 MST 2010
nesh...@carmen:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CARMEN amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU   M 330  @ 2.13GHz (2127.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x20652  Family = 6  Model = 25  Stepping = 2
  
Features=0xbfebfbff
  
Features2=0x98e3bd
  AMD Features=0x28000800
  AMD Features2=0x1
  TSC: P-state invariant
real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3892748288 (3712 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: 
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 SMT threads
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  4
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  5
...
vgapci0:  port 0x6050-0x6057 mem 
0xd000-0xd03f,0xc000-0xcfff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0:  on vgapci0
agp0: detected 32764k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 256M
...
==

 "What did you do?" the man holding the flashlight asked.

 "I put down a spider," he said, wondering why the man didn't see; in the beam 
of yellow light the spider bloated up larger than life. "So it could get away."


  

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