Thank you for your suggestions. I haven't ventured into ALSA territory on my iBook yet. I keep reading on the list that a lot of people still have problems getting it to work properly. so I stayed off it (and I might do that for a little while yet). I was thinking that 2.6 might be better w/ preempt, but from this mornings 2.6 howto, it looks like that's still not running yet either. I can wait. I was just wondering if I had convered all the available options so far or not. I am running whatever X server is currently in unstable (at least I tnink I am :) ).
ajay >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Vincent Bernat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:50 PM >>>To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >>>Subject: Re: DVD Playing on iBook 2.2 >>> >>> >>>OoO En cette matinée ensoleillée du lundi 15 décembre 2003, vers >>>09:00, "Pisupati, Ajay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: >>> >>>> There might have been a similar question asked before >>>on this list, >>>> but I am not sure. so, here's my situation: >>>> I have an ibook 2.2 800MHz with 256MB ram. I am running >>>a 2.4.20-benh >>>> kernel. No ALSA yet. Using Xine (also tried ogle) to >>>play the DVDs. The >>>> DVDs are playing, but they are quite choppy. Not so much >>>that it is >>>> unwatchable, but enough so that it is irritating. I have >>>DMA enabled on >>>> the drive. I am looking for any suggestions that will >>>help me get a smooth >>>> playback. >>> >>>First, use ALSA (and its OSS emulation). Here, with a 700 MHz iBook, >>>DVD playback is almost fine : sound is OK and the image seems to jump >>>every minute but it is hardly noticeable. I think that you should get >>>a smooth playback with the additional 100 MHz. >>> >>>And make sure you really enable the DMA : echo using_dma:1 > >>>/proc/ide/hdb/settings, sometimes it is disabled without any >>>reason. Keep Xine, it is the best for DVD. For DivX, use mplayer. >>> >>>Remove your .xine, default settings are fine. >>>What X server do you use ? >>>-- >>>printk("What? oldfid != cii->c_fid. Call 911.\n"); >>> 2.4.3 linux/fs/coda/cnode.c >>>
