[Trisquel-users] Problems to play HD and HFR videos.

[gnuser]

Hello.
I have a ATI Radeon HD 4250, but running Debian 7.3 I don't use proprietary  
drivers.
I have been finding it almost impossible to play HD or HFR videos with this  
system. I was aware that playing any games requiring 3d acceleration would be  
very hard, nearly impossible, but always thought it would at least work with  
some simple videos.
I use SMplayer, with the option to jump frames on, and with 5000KB of cache  
for local files.
Anything that I can do to improve my situation? I would prefer to stay using  
Linux-Libre 3.2, which is the standard for this Debian release, but if  
upgrading will solve the problem, I will :)
Or if there is any other software that I could use to play videos smoothly...  
I am open to suggestions :)


Which graphics cards do you guys use and work well with free software when  
playing HD and HFR videos?