-- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 06 January 2003, 07:26 PM -0800): > On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:42:28PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > > I'm trying to setup my computer to play DVDs, and I'm trying out a > > number of different programs to see which works best. Just for > > informational purposes, the machine I'm using is a 1.7GHz (PIV) with > > 256MB RAM, DVD player but no hardware DVD decoder, and an onboard > > GeForce video card (not sure which one -- I'm waiting for the computer > > to finish an fsck). > > > > Ogle is nice, and the dvd navigation menus work flawlessly. Audio syncs > > fine, but the video is a bit choppy. > > I use Ogle; I solved my choppiness by turning on dma: > > hdparm -q -d1 /dev/hdd (my dvdplayer) Doh! I hadn't considered that I could turn on dma for a cd/dvd device! That did the trick *beautifully*! Thanks!
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