I have an HD video that plays well on my 1.6GHz laptop (VLC), however, the picture stutters when played on my 2.4Ghz LinHES (Mplayer). More details of my system are in my signtature. That being said, I believe that the problem lies with the software and not the hardware and that an Mplayer upgrade is the answer. I believe this is what is curently installed:
Code:
[root@mythtv ~]# pacman -Q mplayer
mplayer 29438-1
Code:
[root@mythtv ~]# pacman -Qi mplayer
Name : mplayer
Version : 29438-1
URL : http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : mplayer
Depends On : libxxf86dga libxv libmad giflib cdparanoia gtk2 sdl
lame libtheora xvidcore zlib libmng libxss libgl
smbclient aalib x264>=20090108 faac lirc-utils
ttf-dejavu fribidi libmng libxfont libjpeg
Optional Deps : None
Required By : mythvideo tablet-encode
Conflicts With : mplayer-nogui-svn
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 19000.00 K
Packager : LinHESDev@knoppmyth.net
Architecture : i686
Build Date : Fri 24 Jul 2009 08:28:17 PM EDT
Install Date : Mon 01 Mar 2010 02:20:49 AM EST
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Description : Famous multimedia player, dev. version, without its GUI
I believe (did not try this yet) the the upgrade from the Arch User Repository would be:
Code:
pacman -U mplayer
Has anyone done this successfully on LinHES without creating new problems? Are there any lesson learned or landmines to avoid? I ask because I have my system in a good working state.
Code:
[root@mythtv ~]# pacman -Qqm
mythflix
removecommercials
[root@mythtv ~]# pacman -Qqe
LinHES-config
LinHES-system
acl
acpid
alsa-lib
alsa-oss
alsa-utils
attr
aufs
aumix
avahi
b43-fwcutter
bash
bc
binutils
bzip2
cdparanoia
cdrdao
cdrkit
coreutils
cpio
cpufrequtils
cracklib
cryptsetup
curl
dash
db
dbus
dbus-python
dcron
ddclient
device-mapper
dhcpcd
dialog
dmapi
dnsutils
dosfstools
dvb-firmware
dvd+rw-tools
e2fsprogs
eject
esound
etcnet
ethtool
expect
fbsplash
feh
ffmpeg-svn
fftw2
file
filesystem
findutils
firefox
fluxbox
fuppes-svn
gawk
gcc-libs
gdbm
gen-init-cpio
gettext
glibc
grep
groff
grub
gzip
hal
hdhomerun
hdparm
hwdetect
inadyn
initscripts
iptables
iputils
ipw2100-fw
ipw2200-fw
ivtv-utils
iwlwifi-4965-ucode
jfsutils
joyutils
kbd
kernel-headers
kernel26
klibc
klibc-extras
klibc-kbd
klibc-module-init-tools
klibc-udev
less
libarchive
libavc1394
libcdaudio
libfetch
libgcrypt
libgpg-error
libpcap
libraw1394
libusb
licenses
linhes-live
linhes-scripts
linhes-sounds
linhes-splash
linhes-theme
lirc
lirc-utils
local-website
logrotate
lsof
lvm2
lzo2
lzop
madwifi
madwifi-utils
mailx
man
man-pages
mdadm
media_dirs
mediaserv
mingetty
miro
mjpegtools
mkinitcpio
mlocate
module-init-tools
morethemes
mplayer-wrapper
mysql
mysql-python
myt2xvid3
myth2ipod
mythappletrailers
mytharchive
mythbrowser
mythdb-initial
mythflix
mythgallery
mythgame
mythmusic
mythnews
mythstream
myththemes
mythtv
mythvideo
mythweather
mythweb
nano
ncurses
ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-utils
net-tools
netcfg
netkit-telnet
nfs-utils
ntfs-3g
ntp
nuvexport
nvidia
nvidia-utils
nvram-wakup
openssh
pacman
pacman-mirrorlist
pam
pciutils
pcmciautils
pcre
perl
perl-net-upnp
pkgconfig
popt
portmap
ppp
procinfo
procps
psmisc
pvr150-firmware
readline
reiserfsprogs
removecommercials
romdb
rp-pppoe
rrd_stats
rt2500
rt2x00-rt61-fw
rt2x00-rt71w-fw
runit
runit-scripts
samba
sdparm
sed
setserial
shadow
squashfs-tools
sudo
sysfsutils
syslinux
syslog-ng
sysvinit
tablet-encode
taglib
tar
tatir
tcp_wrappers
texinfo
tiacx
tiacx-firmware
ttf-ms-fonts
tweaker
tzdata
udev
unclutter
unzip
usbutils
util-linux-ng
vi
webmin
wget
which
wireless_tools
wol
wpa_supplicant
x11vnc
xf86-input-acecad
xf86-input-aiptek
xf86-input-calcomp
xf86-input-citron
xf86-input-digitaledge
xf86-input-dmc
xf86-input-dynapro
xf86-input-elo2300
xf86-input-elographics
xf86-input-evdev
xf86-input-fpit
xf86-input-hyperpen
xf86-input-jamstudio
xf86-input-joystick
xf86-input-keyboard
xf86-input-magellan
xf86-input-magictouch
xf86-input-microtouch
xf86-input-mouse
xf86-input-mutouch
xf86-input-palmax
xf86-input-penmount
xf86-input-spaceorb
xf86-input-summa
xf86-input-tek4957
xf86-input-ur98
xf86-input-vmmouse
xf86-input-void
xf86-video-amd
xf86-video-apm
xf86-video-ark
xf86-video-chips
xf86-video-cirrus
xf86-video-dummy
xf86-video-fbdev
xf86-video-glint
xf86-video-i128
xf86-video-i740
xf86-video-imstt
xf86-video-neomagic
xf86-video-nv
xf86-video-rendition
xf86-video-s3
xf86-video-s3virge
xf86-video-siliconmotion
xf86-video-sis
xf86-video-sisusb
xf86-video-tseng
xf86-video-v4l
xf86-video-vesa
xf86-video-vmware
xf86-video-voodoo
xfsprogs
xine-ui
xmltv
xorg-fonts-100dpi
xorg-fonts-75dpi
xorg-res-utils
xorg-server
xorg-server-utils
xorg-xauth
xorg-xinit
xorg-xkb-utils
xterm
zd1211-firmware
zlib
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