Video playback problem solved

[William Park]

>* mplayer video calls X, so you have to optimize all of X
>* mplayer audio calls alsa, so you have to optimize all of alsa
>* if you're playing streaming audio/video, it helps to optimize all the
>  networking code
>* the calls are, in many cases, handled by the kernel, so you have to
>  optimize the kernel
>* etc, etc.  Optimize the entire system, and be done with it.

I guess this is one advantage of Gentoo.  I tried installing it way back, but I gave up!
It made more sense to run 64bit OS on 64bit CPU.

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William

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