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Re: dvd playback problems and questions



On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:42:28PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> I'm trying to setup my computer to play DVDs, and I'm trying out a
> number of different programs to see which works best. Just for
> informational purposes, the machine I'm using is a 1.7GHz (PIV) with
> 256MB RAM, DVD player but no hardware DVD decoder, and an onboard
> GeForce video card (not sure which one -- I'm waiting for the computer
> to finish an fsck).
> 
> Ogle is nice, and the dvd navigation menus work flawlessly. Audio syncs
> fine, but the video is a bit choppy.

I use Ogle; I solved my choppiness by turning on dma:

hdparm -q -d1 /dev/hdd    (my dvdplayer)

John



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