DVD / CD-RWs

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Hey, turn off the RTF!

> Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> What's your CPU, Memory, and Video?

> From: Lucas Peet [mailto:lpeet at eccod.com]

> D'oh!  

> Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4Ghz)
> 256Mb PC2100 RAM
> NVidia Vanta TNT2 32Mb

Geez, that oughta be enough...

> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.1.0-3) / X Window System
> Using latest NVidia drivers for TNT2

This might actually be a good case for doing some recompiling.  If you're
running RedHat, the default Kernel is optimized for a 486 (although I think
they install more optimized kernels for newer processors now).  Optimizing
your kernel might help, and possibly there are other elements in the
playback stream that could be tuned/tweaked/optimized.

Also, the various Intel and AMD processors have a number of different video
extensions in them (MMX, etc.), depending on which chip you have.  Some of
the pieces of the playback process may be set up for a different type of
chip, and that might be something you could improve.  (I know that if I try
to use the GLIDE stuff, it looks like I'm running an XT here.)