Text 9092, 87 rader
Skriven 2007-01-24 10:45:48 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 9090 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
Ärende: mplayer
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Hey WAYNE!

Jan 24 02:26 07, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 WC> Fortunately I still dislike touch so I did not save your
 WC> tips.

Nothing mission critical.  If you discover you require something like it later
on we can deal with it then.

 WC> I shall retrieve  tips for touch however after resetting the message 
 WC> pointers now that I've figured out the full implications of what 
 WC> touch does and how it does it.

I am not sure message pointers are something that would benefit from touch. 
Maybe.  Haven't given that any thought.

 WC> Even if the syntax is screwy. 

:-)

 WC> Also got Mplayer to decode and start playing for about 9 - 11 seconds
 WC> without 
 WC> the gtk-+2.0 and glib libraries from the command line and also 
 WC> without
 WC> frame drop.
 WC> Just as an intellectual exercise.

I find that works best.

 WC> After listening to Linux I've reset the frame buffer for the video 
 WC> card to 
 WC> 64 Meg rather than the previous 16 meg.

I am not sure if that would work.  At one point in kernel development console
based framebuffers never used more then 16M tops.  I haven't checked lately but
seeing the latest kernels are loading the full 32M of real memory on my card
I'd have to conclude that situation has changed.  What does dmesg report about
fb?

 WC> Now to recompile mplayer and see if that makes a difference and 
 WC> allows
 WC> unlimited Mplayer operation. 

For streaming off the net use the -buffer=XXX switch.  Default for XXX is in
kb's so for a 1M stream -buffer=1024 would be ideal.  They will play less
choppy but I am not sure I'd try an entire movie that way using a regular
dialup modem.  For short clips that will make all the difference in the world.

 WC> If not I figure to solve that problem another way.
 WC> I may have to write a how_to at the end of this adventure.

Right.  What I do is cut and paste commandlines into a text file for later
retrieval and editting when needed.  I find that works best for me and try and
remember to back those files up every now and then as they can become really
important in a pinch.

 WC> Oh, another thing.
 WC> Now using startx as another way to load kde rather 
 WC> than using kdm to load it.
 WC> The differences are most interesting.

That is the ONLY way I ever do it if I even bother with X at all.  I've never
been a fan of GUI's ever but have a looksee every now and then to remind myself
why.  For the mostpart day to day stuff on machines I use don't require
graphics so a GUI is wasted methinks.

 WC> Once again I thank you for pressuring me into using Slackware.

You're welcome.  I figured awhile ago it was more or less what you wanted.

 WC> I still have not reset the S registers in the modem for increased 
 WC> fall
 WC> forward
 WC> and decreased fallback as there is so much else
 WC> of importance and greater interest than a modest near doubling of 
 WC> reliable dialup connection and speed.

I'd be surprised if you could double it.  Offhand I'd guesstimate you might
squeeze at best a 20% increase and even that I would find surprising.  Mind you
I've been surprised before so I certainly don't wish to disuade you to try.

Life is good,
Maurice

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