Performances

[nick lidakis]

Christophe Rolland wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i got a linux 2.4.2 on AMD 1 GHz, 256 MB mem
>         video card is an old ATI 8 MB with Mach64,
>         vlc comes from cvs (sometimes compiled with qt options)
>
> I cant make vlc display on sdl nor on xvideo (ok, surely i should more time
> on it and rtfm ). so i use x11 display, 16x16 bpp.
>
> whatever zone my dvd disk comes from, i got really poor performances, sound
> is sometimes desynchronized with video.
>
> can anyone help me or give me an advice ?
>
> would that be solved if i turn to an ATI rage 128 with 32 MB ?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> --
> Christophe Rolland
> crolland at internet.lu

I find that the best performance comes from cards that support Xvideo
extnensions. My Voodoo 3 card using the SDL output (No Xvideo support in Xfree
as of yet for this card.) can't hold a candle to my ATI Rage 128 Mobility on
my thinkpad a22m. Video performance rivals that of commercial Windows players.
I would most certainly  try The rage 128 card, and make sure Xvideo extensions
are enabled in your XFree config file. Best of luck.