From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 22:10:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9B51065670 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:10:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6DB28FC0C for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:10:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7JMAiop063994; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:10:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:10:43 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20100819221043.GA91107@thought.org> References: <20100819011024.GA10288@thought.org> <4C6C8833.50108@pathscale.com> <20100819185453.GA90635@thought.org> <20100819200547.GB33689@slackbox.erewhon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100819200547.GB33689@slackbox.erewhon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ethic.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: well, i guess it's time to ask..... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:10:48 -0000 On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:05:47PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:54:53AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > i am not planning on watching a movie that is on a DVD-RW but > > via [say] kmplayer via video stream. and rather than the std > > 'movie-length' of 120 minutes, an hour or less streamed by PBS. > > > > with my 2.4ghz Dell loaded at its usual 0.25 - 0.4, and using > > kmplayer or vlc, the video is jerky or hangs for several seconds. > > A 2.4 GHz machine with a decent grahics card should have no problem with > displaying full screen video, if you are using the XVideo extension. For > mplayer try '-vo xv' on the mplayer command line, or put 'vo=xv' in > ~/.mplayer/config. For VLC choose tools->preferences, and in the dialog window > check "Accelerated video output" in the "Video" tab. > > It sounds more like a network issue. (you can confirm that if you can play > files from a local disk without hiccups) Maybe increasing the buffering might > help. > i actually do have some discs that i BOUGHT. they are by the late scholar, Joseph Campbell who taught literature at Sarah Lawrence or wehatever and became a "mythologist". I think I have every one of his books, most of his lectures, and the four dvd's of his 13-hour broadcast. they play flawlessly, so it it may be hanging on the network side. how can i increase the buffering? say using kmplayer or vlc? i've poked around here and there but do not see anyplace to tune the buffering. meanwhile, i will try the 'accelerated video output' with vlc. thanks! gary > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org