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| Thread ID: 82974 | 2007-09-14 20:16:00 | Mplayer, anyone know of an easy to understand tutorial? | Myth (110) | PC World Chat |
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| 591262 | 2007-09-14 20:16:00 | Am setting up a basic media centre (poor mans media centre :p), based on Debian Linux The setup is... I have a computer situated near the TV. Because I have a child who knows what a keyboard does, and also because I can't afford remote control stuff, I have to ssh into the computer from this computer to start any files/playlists etc). Therefore, I have to learn mplayer's command line interface It all works (ssh, screen etc) but when I use the following command, the video file plays back severely lagged; mplayer -vo xv /url/to/file My specs are: 1.1 Ghz CPU 512MB SD-RAM GeForce FX5500 PCI and a C-Media 5 channel soundcard If I use Geexbox (Livecd GUI media player which requires either a keyboard or remote control gear) everything plays as it should. I know Geexbox uses mplayer as well So does anyone have any idea what switches etc I should be using. The man page is like :waughh: |
Myth (110) | ||
| 591263 | 2007-09-14 21:28:00 | There are some tips on command line options for MPlayer here (www.linuxdevcenter.com). I should add, have you checked that DMA is enabled on the hard drive under your new Debian installation? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 591264 | 2007-09-14 22:44:00 | Ok, this is where I'm at atm... mplayer -vo gl,vesa,xv /url/to/file gives me sound (unlagged) but no video mplayer -vo cvidix /url/to/dir gives me sound and video (unlagged), but with console text in the background Any ideas? I can't find the happy medium (as yet) to have unlagged sound and video with no console text Incidentally, I have no X environment (by design), just console Edit: and dma is now enabled but didnt change anything |
Myth (110) | ||
| 591265 | 2007-09-14 23:27:00 | Ok, I think I've sussed it mplayer -vo svga:cvidix /home/tazz/"Anger Management.avi" will give me unlagged picture and sound without the console background, via ssh. Unfortunately the mplayer quick keys no longer work (such as q for quit). Would be preferable to get these working too |
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