Hi, IIRC the theme is not new, but was there a solution? I've played a dvd with xine and cpu usage was 100%. With mplayer I get false colors, but it needs nearly 50%. (this was with XV) With xshm my dvd jumps and it isn't a usable quality. BTW: Does xine support OpenGL output? Joerg. -- Computer Science is no more about Computers than astronomy is about telescopes. -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra