Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:56:07 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Media Center Message-ID: <20081119035607.GA45210@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <49233C74.9040401@gmail.com> References: <000e01c94999$a7532dc0$f5f98940$@com> <20081118215409.GA32945@ozzmosis.com> <49233C74.9040401@gmail.com>
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On Tue 2008-11-18 17:06:44 UTC-0500, michael (michael.copeland@gmail.com) wrote: >> 550 MHz will be a bit slow for playing DivX/XviD movies, especially if >> they're high definition (beyond 640x480 approx). Presumably Windows >> is installed on it at the moment, so you can give the Windows version >> of VLC a test run. >> >> The RAM & HDD specs are fine. Provided the laptop's integrated video >> and networking is supported, you should be good to go. > > Actually, an AMD k6-2 450 will play over 720 resolution divx. mplayer > with a proper cache setting and enough ram helps massively. Ah, I use mplayer occasionally but never -cache setting. What do you use on the K6-2 450? Thanks.
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