video-audio out of sync

[Jamon Camisso]

Steve wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed Ubuntu 5.04 a few days ago. Everything seems great
> except for when playing mpeg video. Originally the video itself was
> choppy using totem-gstreamer, then I changed to totem-xine and the
> video is now smooth. However it is out of sync with the audio (about
> 1/2 second, I think).
> 
> I never had this problem in Fedora.
> 
> I'm using an Asus A7N8X-X board with AMD 2500+ & 512MB RAM. I'm using
> the onboard sound with this motherboard.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated... I've spent hours searching the net
> and haven't found a solution yet.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Steve.

Do you have dma enabled on your disc/drive? It makes a difference for 
DVD playback. Not sure about playing mpegs from hdd. I'm pretty sure 
Ubuntu has dma disabled by default for cd/dvd drives.
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