Re: dvd problem

[Miķelis Rozenbergs <veezis@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:30:37 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez
<roberto@familiasanchez.net> wrote:
> Miķelis Rozenbergs wrote:
> > Hello.
> > yesterday I got a DVD writer (ASUS DRW 1604P) - everything works
> > perfect, except playing movies- they lag a bit. I think it's not due
> > to lack of hardware resources (Athlon 2500+, 512ram, geforce fx 5200).
> > I've tried vlc, totem, gxine etc. players with same result. thanks.
> > sorry about my english - it's not my native language.
> 
> Check that DMA is enabled.  You should be able to execute
> 'hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdX' (where X is a, b, c, or whatever device
> it happens to be) to turn on DMA if it is not enabled.
> 
> Also, make sure that your video player programs are using the
> xv video driver.  X11 and some of the others require a ton of
> CPU and slow to a crawl even on fairly hefty systems.
> 
> -Roberto
> 
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> 
> 
> 
Thanks for the reply, but that didn't solved my problem. yes, it plays
it better, but still lags. I feel like i've had a 4mb videocard or
something :/

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