On Sun=2C 13 Feb 2005 17=3A43=3A26 -0500
J Chapman Flack =3Cflack=40=
cs=2Epurdue=2Eedu=3E wrote=3A

=3E Just as another data point=2C =
I have NetBSD on a PII-400 laptop with 512MB RAM
=3E and NeoMagic =
256ZX=2C and I can watch DVDs with ogle=2C no trouble at all=2C but=

=3E not with mplayer =2E=2E=2E the sound stalls so much I want to=
 throw the laptop
=3E out the window=2E
Hi=2E I wasn't trying to =
watch DVD's =3A=29 I was talking about divx xvid and other
movies=2E=
 But i think that does not matter if it is DVD or other type of mov=
ie
because it's about audio=2E

by the way=2E The CPU load while=
 i'm playing the movies is about 15-30 %
 
=3E I'm glad I tried o=
gle first--if I'd tried mplayer first I would probably
=3E just ha=
ve decided my laptop wasn't up to playing movies=2C and given up=2E=

=3E With ogle I did have to fix one line in my config to make sur=
e I had the
=3E piixide driver doing DMA=2C but after that it Just=
 Worked=2E  I don't know what
=3E mplayer's issue is=2E
=3E 
=3E=
 -Chap
                       Congo =28congo=40inmail=2Esk=29
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