Re: Ideas why dvd playback is jerky?

[Kenward Vaughan <kay_jay@earthlink.net>]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 15:52 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> which player are you using?

I've tried mplayer, codeine, ogle, totem, and vlc.  Totem ca't read the
disc.

> 
> what else is running? whats cpu usage like?

I disabled everything else including xscreensaver, and shutdown folding
@home as well.  Essentially no processes outside that of the system and
X, excepting evolution.  I run fluxbox for WM.

I have 2 Gb Mushkin memory.  

** One thing that comes to mind is that I have no patch audio wires from
the player to the MB at this point.  Could this make a big difference in
what the player has to do to get things to work?

I saw a fair amount of output from codeine about dropped frames (being
too old) as well as other issues.  I can post some of that in a separate
email.


Kenward

> 
> Dean
> 
> Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > Is this an issue with the amd64 arch, or something else?  I have an AMD
> > 5600+ cpu paired with an Nvidia 7600 GS card, which strikes me as more
> > than adequate to work with a DVD (my older XP 2500+ had no problems...).
> > 
> > The video is literally jerky, and poorly sync'd with the audio.  It
> > doesn't seem to matter what player I use.
> > 
> > I have done nothing with card settings, but do have the latest driver in
> > place.  Relavent parts of my xorg.conf:
> > 
> > -----
> > Section "Module"
> >         Load    "i2c"
> >         Load    "bitmap"
> >         Load    "ddc"
> > #       Load    "dri"
> >         Load    "extmod"
> >         Load    "freetype"
> >         Load    "glx"
> >         Load    "int10"
> >         Load    "vbe"
> > EndSection
> > ...
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GS]"
> >         Driver          "nvidia"
> >         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
> > EndSection
> > -----
> > 
> > Is there other info I could provide?
> > 
> > Anyone have thoughts which might help?  Should I install a 32 bit system
> > on this machine for these things?
> > 
> > 
> > Kenward
-- 
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I
have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than
in the church.    --Ferdinand Magellan