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Date:      Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:42:02 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: #1 reason why mplayer is choppy?
Message-ID:  <16265.62682.853327.265627@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031012155009.GA86452@numenor.net>
References:  <200310110859.49702.jason@dictos.com> <20031012155009.GA86452@numenor.net>

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Nathan Kay writes:

>  	Is the CPU fast enough? Is Mplayer giving messages about "your
>  cpu is too slow"? If so, have you followed the recomendations that
>  mplayer outputs?

	Not always a good metric, as the folks at mplayer used to
admit.  I used to run mplayer on a Celeron-500 where the load only
got above 1 when rebuilding world; some days it would run quietly,
other days it was bitching every 10 minutes.
	Your mileage may vary.


				Robert Huff




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