interesting mplayer issues

[the oil]

hi,

after i decided to switch to linux i figured out that the mplayer was the player of my choice.

after installation i tried it out and found some interesting issues, where i'd like to ask for your help.
when playing back divx movies the playback is sometimes jerky and it drops frames every once in a while. that didn't hapen under windows. the system is an athlon 1.2GHz with plenty of ram - so i don't think that hardware is the problem. i also installed the nvidia driver for x-server but it didn't help. the movies are encrypted using divx 5.02 pro but using no qpel or gmc.
when watching tv using my hauppauge the audio is out if sync (comes a little earlier than the video). that for instance doesn't happen under xawtv.
when watching interlaced dvd's the player doesn't deinterlace them. so whenever something is moving the quality becomes very poor.
finally when watching movies that are encoded including the subtitle files i can't find an option to turn those subtitles off.

so a lot of questions, i know, but hopefully someone can help...

thanks in advance !

stefan

[TactX]

1. What vo (video output) device do you use? Get a list of the configured devices with "mplayer -vo help" and try some of them.

2. Have you compiled mplayer yourself, or was it packaged?

As fot TV output, I can't help you (lacking TV-tuner ;))

3. Subtitles: Are the subtitles hardcoded into the movie?

[the oil]

hi,

1. gotta check that and will reply later

2. i've compiled the sources into tgz packages (i'm using slackware 9) and installed those

3. the subtitles are not hardcoded. i have a special subtitle file (got it through vobsub under windows). meanwhile i experienced with other movies that the subtitle are not starting automatically, but i can't turn them on either. i also tried loading the subtitle file but i keeps telling me that it wasn't able to open the file.

[TactX]

Originally posted by the oil
meanwhile i experienced with other movies that the subtitle are not starting automatically, but i can't turn them on either. i also tried loading the subtitle file but i keeps telling me that it wasn't able to open the file.

Which switches have you tried to load the subs? Maybe these?
-vobsub <vobsub file without extension>
Specify the VobSub files that are to be used for subtitle. This is the full pathname with_
out extensions, i.e. without the '.idx', ´.ifo' or '.sub'.

-vobsubid <0-31>
Specify the VobSub subtitle id.

[the oil]

i'm using a gui (the slim skin).
if the movie has started i simply right click in the mplayer window and select "load subtitle file" (i think it's under "file").

and then it's showing me the available files (i've got .idx, .ifo and .sub - it's only giving me .sub). when choosing the subfile to load it simply says something like "can't load subtitle file".

[TactX]

I'd try the CLI just to make sure it's not a GUI problem.

You should try with the " -vobsub <vobsub file without extension>" switch, and also have a look into the mplayer manpage and the (online) documentation.

[madluther]

i also installed the nvidia driver for x-server but it didn't help.


Are these the closed source binary drivers from Nvidia (ver 1.0-4363) ? If so, they work best with cmd line switch of

-vo xv

You can check for XV support by running

xdpyinfo

XVideo should be listed in the 'number of extensions:' section.

Regards Mad.