Any mplayer optimization ideas?

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

You should have no problem with a 450 MHz P3.

What else are you running (Window Manager, Eye candy etc...).

I find that mplayer is okay with a processor as slow as 200 MHz but is a big memory hog.

Also make sure you are getting the 45kbit sustained. Your network connection may be able to handle it, but you may be getting bursts instead of a sustained download speed. If you are getting that you are SOL. Its how ethernet works.

Bill

On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 08:21:06PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   Is anyone aware of any magical tricks for speeding up mplayer, or do I
> finally have to give in and replace my 1999 Dell 450 mhz PIII with a
> faster machine?  I was checking out some internet TV stations on
> http://wwitv.com and mplayer simply can not keep up with a 45 or 100
> kbit feed.  I've done all the optimizations I can think of...
>   - running X at 16bpp with BlackBox as the WM
>   - running Gentoo linux with tweaked compile flags, namely...
>     CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse"
>   - sse and mmx are also in my USE flags
> 
>   Here's the start of the mplayer diagnostics when I connect to an
> Argentinian site...
> 
> bash-2.05b$ mplayer -playlist http://wwitv.com/_tv/6990b.asx
> MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.3.5-20050130 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
> Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
> MMX2 supported but disabled
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX SSE
> 
>   I don't see mmx2 anywhere in /proc/cpuinfo.
> 
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