good FPU needed on client?

[Christophe Massiot]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:

> I tried to use vls for this, but failed to compile it 
> (and got no response from the mailing list, when reported).

Retry with the latest CVS, many things have been fixed since 0.3.0. You
can also give a try to the mini-server, it is often easier to install.

> My best bet is transcoding the dvd to divx4, and try
> to play it with mplayer on the slow machine.

Isn't divx more cpu-intensive than plain MPEG-2 (I guess it depends on
the movie definition...) ?

-- 
Christophe Massiot.