> >> xine eats up my whole cpu and I get many dropped frames. All what is > >> shown is synchronous. > > > > What's your CPU speed? Are you using Xv (video overlay) as output? > > 800Mhz, yes I use Xv. 800 MHz on a G3 might be too slow (definitely 400 MHz was too slow, it even killed xine). For a G4, it should work. I'll run a few tests again, though. Michael