On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:56:23 +0200 "JZidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm building a small system for working at home. I would be like to watch > some movies sometimes but I don't know if that's enough: > - Pentium II 266 MHz > - 196 Megs of ram > - graphic card Geforce2 MX Should be sufficient in most cases IMO. -in order to achieve best performance make sure there are as few processes running as possible - it's obvious -ged rid of soundserver, use /dev/dsp for sound output -make sure you have XVideo support --> type 'xvinfo' in xterm (non-free nvidia drivers supports it, I don't know about nv). When using this X extension (in simplification) your GPU is able to rescale the video, so CPU only needs to decode it. -try mplayer (non-gui version) IMO it's the fastest player for linux. Some time ago i installed woody on my friend's laptop: PII 300, S3virgeMX64. S3virge drivers for X 4.2 supports XVideo extension. There is no problem playing any divx using mplayer (cpu usage is about 60%-80%, depends on movie). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
