-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 08:58, John Talbut wrote: >>On 04/11/08 07:34, John Talbut wrote: >>> When I try to play a DVD using mplayer it runs slowly, something like 4 >>> frames a second. The screen is split diagonally and it seems as if one >>> frame is pasted into the top left half of the screen and the next into >>> the bottom right. >>> >>> Any ideas about what is happening, how to diagnose it or how to get it >>> working correctly. >>> >>> Currently I am using the latest Debian testing distribution packages, >>> though I have had similar problems with etch. > >> You don't tell use whether your system is a P90 with an et4000/w32 >> video card, or a 3GHz Core2Duo with an NVIDIA 8900 and the nvidia >> driver. > > My system has a Pentium III processor at 1 GHz and I have a 16 MB ATI > Rage 128 Pro 4X AGP video card.
a) Has it always run this slowly? b) What video driver are you using? c) What *exact* command line are you using to view the movie? d) Does it view acceptably in other players, like vlc or xine? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH/3/US9HxQb37XmcRAmuUAKC6ESVkORzh8etu3sT4WRaSyfnm0wCfV3Am RweAtPZSJuQE0a59XF88G+U= =mqT6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]