From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 20 12:37:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5017637B401 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:37:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.econolodgetulsa.com (mail.econolodgetulsa.com [198.78.66.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A031243F93 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:37:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com) Received: from mail (mail [198.78.66.163]) by mail.econolodgetulsa.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h2KKbmeq055691 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:37:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:37:48 -0800 (PST) From: Josh Brooks To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: lowest possible mhz speed for playing mpeg/dvd video ? Message-ID: <20030320123437.V49831-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I am considering purchasing a toshiba libretto 110ct with a pentium 233 mhz MMX processor. Is this speed/processor fast enough to play mpeg video and DVD movies from my hard drive, assuming I have _no_ hardware acceleration at all ? I want to use this small notebook for watching movies on planes, etc. (among other things) and am wondering if the CPU is up to the task. Previously I had tried video on a 166 mhz MMX and was not successful. Any comments are appreciated - especially regarding how well it will work. Even if it _technically_ works on a 233 mmx, if the playback will be spotty and bad, it's still not worth much... thanks! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message