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[Phil R.]

I've tried everything, but can't seem to get smooth playback from my
Divx files. Here are the codecs I have installed on my computer - Am I
missing something?

http://tinypic.com/ek3nv4.jpg

Windows XP Home
512 RAM
AMD Sempron 2800+ 2.0ghz
Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128MB

I just upgraded to a new motherboard - video card - I didn't have a
problem before with my old system.

Windows XP Home
AMD Athlon 2000+ 1.7ghz
512 MB RAM

I tried downgrading the divx codec, but that didn't work. I thought
mabye it was a RAM problem - ie name brand - speed of RAM?

I play these divx files in every player I have with the same results -
Divx Player - Real Player - vlc - WMP.

Thanks.

--Phil

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:46:53 -0700) it happened Phil R.
<screenname@domain.com> wrote in <0r50l19g7e1an83r32lmm6oqetk3jr6r07@4ax.com>:

[Phil R.]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:24:57 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:39:42 -0700) it happened Phil R.
<screenname@domain.com> wrote in <76j2l1hccqjde6ar36tb392aom7oj36o5t@4ax.com>:

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:39:42 -0700) it happened Phil R.
<screenname@domain.com> wrote in <76j2l1hccqjde6ar36tb392aom7oj36o5t@4ax.com>:

Actually there is something that occurred to me that *I* would check.

First there is this SCSI issue, I think you said you are usin ga SCSI disk.

Here is the procedure:
Copy DivX movi to the non SCSI hardsisk.
If it plays OK from there:
Find the SCSI driver (system meny, software, something(), and look for the
SCSI driver settings.
If it metiones DMA, activate it.
*****if it mentions cache memory activatre it*****.
If your CDROM drive is SCSI and has no cacjhe (do these exists), you are
screwed, and only way to play OK would be to use a lot of cache in the PLAYER.
Or software cache in the SCSI driver (activate it).
If no cache and no software cache can be activated:
Look up the player software settings, look for any cache (or buffering),
increase buffers.

It is all a regular thing I do in Linux, i am sure MS windows has similar
settings...

To do all the things I do on the Duron 950, I usually specify cache and
'nice level' for the player:

nice -n -19 mplayer \
-v \
dvd://$title_number \
-aid $language_number \
-sid $subtitle_number \
-ao oss:/dev/dsp2 \
-channels 6 \
-vop pp=0x20000 \
-cache 8000 \
-fs /dev/dvd

(nice -n -19) indicated I grab all processor cycles for the player...).
(vop pp=0x2000 de-interlaces.)

Anyways, this cache memory use is very important, as it is a software buffer,
so the player reads quite a bit from disk into a buffer before it starts
playing.
A must if you watch something over a network.
A must if your DVD player has no cache.

Proper use of caching an priorities in processor cycles allows you do
do a LOT more on one PC.
I ain't kidding you not, watching digital satellite mpeg2 software decoded too
at the same time.

Here is the curent process list:
PID TTY STAT TIME MAJFL TRS DRS RSS %MEM COMMAND
1 ? S 0:04 90 393 42 64 0.0 init [3]
2 ? SW 0:13 0 0 0 0 0.0 [keventd]
3 ? SWN 0:01 0 0 0 0 0.0 [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
4 ? SW 5:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 [kswapd]
5 ? SW 0:09 0 0 0 0 0.0 [bdflush]
6 ? SW 0:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 [kupdated]
108 ? SW 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 [kreiserfsd]
177 ? SN 3:32 370 416 1807 688 0.1 /bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/check-mail-others
185 ? S 0:00 90 33 1250 428 0.1 /sbin/dhcpcd -R
207 ? S 0:20 1155 607 2896 1652 0.4 /usr/sbin/named
242 ? S 0:00 66 298 2089 696 0.1 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25
311 ? S 0:00 135 19 1296 460 0.1 /usr/sbin/inetd
533 ? S 0:00 81 21 1290 312 0.0 /sbin/portmap
545 ? S 0:00 27 663 1572 448 0.1 /usr/sbin/sshd
559 ? S 0:02 72 25 1334 540 0.1 /sbin/syslogd
563 ? S 0:00 165 19 2216 500 0.1 /sbin/klogd -c 1
584 ? S 0:00 59 45 1318 412 0.1 /usr/sbin/lpd
613 ? SW 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 [khubd]
655 ? S 0:00 141 11 1284 496 0.1 /sbin/usbmgr
677 ? S 0:00 65 12 1419 528 0.1 /usr/sbin/atd
824 ? S 0:00 58 19 1416 580 0.1 /usr/sbin/cron
865 ? S 0:07 91 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
870 ? S 0:00 2 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
874 ? S 0:11 68 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
879 ? S 0:05 35 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
880 ? S 0:02 20 55 1260 408 0.1 /usr/sbin/gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/input/mice
881 ? S 0:06 37 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
882 ? S 0:05 30 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
883 ? S 0:05 37 29 11734 668 0.1 /usr/sbin/nscd
1009 ? S 0:00 1195 300 8571 548 0.1 /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
1041 tty1 S 0:00 412 21 2030 560 0.1 login -- root
1042 tty2 S 0:00 130 11 1256 428 0.1 /sbin/mingetty tty2
1043 tty3 S 0:00 130 11 1256 428 0.1 /sbin/mingetty tty3
1044 tty4 S 0:00 130 11 1256 428 0.1 /sbin/mingetty tty4
1045 tty5 S 0:00 130 11 1256 428 0.1 /sbin/mingetty tty5
1046 tty6 S 0:00 130 11 1256 428 0.1 /sbin/mingetty tty6
1069 tty1 S 0:00 343 416 2083 964 0.2 -bash
2527 tty1 S 0:00 274 416 1807 864 0.2 /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
2538 tty1 S 0:00 167 7 2076 396 0.1 xinit /root/.xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc
2539 ? S< 907:52 836039 1497 90298 23604 6.1 X :0 -auth /root/.Xauthority
2586 tty1 S 0:00 268 416 1807 604 0.1 /bin/sh /root/.xinitrc
2590 tty1 S 0:07 1908 109 4390 1412 0.3 xfm -appmgr -geometry 790x572+0+0
2591 tty1 S 6:14 3168 116 8331 3092 0.7 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+800+1200
2593 tty1 S 2:42 5077 116 8307 4548 1.1 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+800+0
2594 tty1 S 0:36 754 116 5027 940 0.2 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+0+600
2595 tty1 S 1:02 2249 116 8307 1192 0.3 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+0+1200
2596 tty1 S 2:05 3511 116 8327 1340 0.3 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+1600+600
2597 tty1 S 0:52 823 116 3743 1112 0.2 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+800+600
2598 tty1 S 1:15 1203 116 8307 972 0.2 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -fn 7x14 -ls -sl 10000 -geometry 110x40+1600+0
2600 tty1 S 0:04 342 48 2467 644 0.1 xmixer -geometry 597x230+809+924 -device /dev/mixer1 -poll -all
2602 tty1 S 0:03 10 416 1811 708 0.1 /bin/sh /root/.xinitrc
2603 tty1 S 0:10 343 48 2467 640 0.1 xmixer -geometry 507x230+1049+924 -poll -all
2604 tty1 S 3:18 1302 98 2601 1020 0.2 fvwm -s
2620 ttyp0 S 0:01 992 416 2127 988 0.2 -bash
2621 ttyp1 S 0:04 926 416 2143 1200 0.3 -bash
2622 ttyp2 S 0:00 679 416 2127 960 0.2 -bash
2623 ttyp3 S 0:00 829 416 2127 1104 0.2 -bash
2624 ttyp4 S 0:03 981 416 2263 1184 0.3 -bash
2625 ttyp5 S 0:03 767 416 2183 1156 0.2 -bash
2626 ttyp6 S 0:05 964 416 2219 1204 0.3 -bash
2749 ? S 1:31 64 25 2086 484 0.1 xbindkeys
2752 ? S 0:56 159 25 2094 532 0.1 xbindkeys
21500 ? S 0:00 8 14 1301 420 0.1 ax25d
9628 tty1 S 0:00 266 416 1803 544 0.1 /bin/bash -c sleep 2;xmpl /bin/bash
9641 tty1 S 2:45 1039 45 7354 1564 0.4 xmpl
9643 tty1 S 0:00 1 45 7354 1564 0.4 xmpl
9644 tty1 S 0:07 90 45 7354 1564 0.4 xmpl
10939 tty1 S 0:00 267 416 1807 524 0.1 /bin/bash -c killall -KILL hcs;nice -n 15 rxvt -geometry 55x20 -sl 500 -fn 7x14 -e mcam -s >/dev/null;hcs & /bin/bash
10941 tty1 RN 9:10 618 116 2671 644 0.1 rxvt -geometry 55x20 -sl 500 -fn 7x14 -e mcam -s
10942 ttyp8 SN 11197:23 571 131 4336 812 0.2 mcam -s
10616 ? S 0:14 12463 300 15307 1652 0.4 /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
12818 ? S 0:27 13675 300 16867 4488 1.1 /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
31413 ? SW 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 [usb-storage-0]
31414 ? SW 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 [scsi_eh_1]
3049 ttyp6 SN 0:00 818 2096 12575 712 0.1 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
3055 ttyp6 SN 0:00 3 2096 3355 652 0.1 postgres: stats buffer process
3056 ttyp6 SN 0:00 3 2096 2403 796 0.2 postgres: stats collector process
7905 tty1 S 0:00 823 416 1847 908 0.2 /bin/sh /usr/local/netscape/run-mozilla.sh /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
7910 tty1 S 52:03 31029 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
7922 tty1 S 0:00 1 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
7923 tty1 S 2:23 730 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
7924 tty1 S 0:00 47 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
7928 tty1 S 0:30 0 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
7955 tty1 S 0:00 0 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
8472 tty1 S 0:02 3631 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8473 tty1 S 0:00 2 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8474 tty1 S 1:44 87 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8475 tty1 S 0:00 2 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8476 tty1 S 0:00 1 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8479 tty1 S 0:10 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8480 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8481 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8482 tty1 S 0:00 114 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8494 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8495 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8507 tty1 S 0:00 232 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8508 tty1 S 0:00 1 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8509 tty1 S 0:01 81 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8510 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8511 tty1 S 0:00 6 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8512 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8514 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
8535 tty1 S 0:00 0 13 200178 1588 0.4 java_vm
26540 tty1 S 1:08 413 116 8307 2088 0.5 /usr/bin/X11/rxvt -font 7x14 -ls -sl 10000
26541 ttyp7 S 0:01 353 416 2123 1288 0.3 -bash
2563 ttyp4 RN 24:18 517 24 6803 2260 0.5 mcamip -x -u panteltje -w dcs900p -f 2 -t -a 10.0.0.151 -p 80 -y
2564 ttyp4 SN 98:49 453 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2565 ttyp4 SN 0:00 3 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2566 ttyp4 SN 0:00 0 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2567 ttyp4 ZN 0:00 461 0 0 0 0.0 [tcprobe <defunct>]
2568 ttyp4 SN 1:18 2 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2569 ttyp4 SN 0:01 1 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2570 ttyp4 SN 0:00 260 416 1803 1032 0.2 sh -c tccat -i "/dev/fd/0" | tcextract -x yv12 -t yuv4mpeg | tcdecode -x yv12 -g 320x240
2571 ttyp4 SN 0:13 1 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2572 ttyp4 SN 0:37 190 85 2590 692 0.1 tccat -i /dev/fd/0
2573 ttyp4 SN 0:29 153 109 2314 552 0.1 tcextract -x yv12 -t yuv4mpeg
2574 ttyp4 SN 0:28 0 2123 39776 20260 5.2 transcode -f 2 -i /dev/fd/0 -g 320x240 -x yuv4mpeg,null -y divx4 -z -o /huge/mcamip-r.avi
2575 ttyp4 SN 10:59 178 1904 4039 1016 0.2 tcdecode -x yv12 -g 320x240
21060 ttyp3 S 0:00 11 416 2127 1160 0.2 -bash
21061 ttyp3 SN 0:30 494 131 6456 4092 1.0 mcam -c -w e
30337 ? S 0:07 859 372 8727 3832 0.9 NewsFleX
30378 ? S 0:00 1 372 8727 3832 0.9 NewsFleX
30379 ? S 0:00 1 372 8727 3832 0.9 NewsFleX
30481 tty1 S 0:00 0 313 143314 62108 16.0 /usr/local/netscape/netscape-bin
30698 ? S 0:00 864 215 4856 2524 0.6 xterm -geometry 80x28 -sl 500 -fn 10x20 -e joe /root/.NewsFleX/postings/current/temp
30699 pts/0 S 0:00 241 163 1820 1024 0.2 joe /root/.NewsFleX/postings/current/temp
862 tty1 S 0:00 316 416 1803 1040 0.2 sh -c mpg123 -a /dev/dsp2 -k 0 -n 4294967295 /video/sound/mp1/downpour/Downpour.mp3 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
863 tty1 S 0:01 155 128 1579 720 0.1 mpg123 -a /dev/dsp2 -k 0 -n 4294967295 /video/sound/mp1/downpour/Downpour.mp3
1071 ? SW 0:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 [kdvb-fe-0:0]
1094 ttyp7 S 0:00 0 416 2207 1380 0.3 -bash
1148 ttyp7 S 0:00 290 73 23370 1184 0.3 xdipo -c 1 -g 1.75 E -f 11054 -p h -s 27500 -a 160 80 32 -o
1149 ttyp7 S 0:00 117 6 1345 492 0.1 jpvtx 32
1150 ttyp7 S< 0:06 4139 5553 33614 21916 5.6 mplayer -fs -cache 8192 -vop pp=0x20000 -
1151 ttyp7 S< 0:00 1738 5553 26190 17140 4.4 mplayer -fs -cache 8192 -vop pp=0x20000 -
1173 tty1 S 0:00 98 4 1251 376 0.0 sleep 30
1198 ttyp1 R 0:00 161 77 2494 1612 0.4 ps -avx
1200 ? ZN 0:00 169 0 0 0 0.0 [stat <defunct>]
1201 ? ZN 0:00 140 0 0 0 0.0 [grep <defunct>]

Here is the system load with top:
11:35am up 32 days, 20:20, 10 users, load average: 1.79, 1.72, 2.26
132 processes: 123 sleeping, 7 running, 2 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 0.9% user, 0.7% system, 1.1% nice, 0.2% idle
11:42am up 32 days, 20:26, 10 users, load average: 3.24, 2.07, 2.16
137 processes: 127 sleeping, 9 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 0.9% user, 0.7% system, 1.1% nice, 0.2% idle
Mem: 386780K av, 382120K used, 4660K free, 0K shrd, 7852K buff
Swap: 530104K av, 156692K used, 373412K free 177284K cached

PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
10942 root 20 15 912 812 804 R N 46.9 0.2 11197m mcam
1150 root 5 -19 24508 23M 19772 S < 30.6 6.3 0:20 mplayer
2564 root 19 19 20264 19M 1128 R N 6.3 5.2 98:55 transcode
1366 root 16 0 928 924 696 R 6.3 0.2 0:00 top
2563 root 19 19 2260 2260 1452 R N 5.4 0.5 24:20 mcamip
7910 root 9 0 76916 60M 34180 S 1.8 16.0 52:03 netscape-bin
863 root 9 0 720 720 492 S 1.8 0.1 0:01 mpg123
2539 root 9 -1 85356 23M 18856 S < 0.9 6.1 907:53 X
2575 root 19 19 1016 1016 540 S N 0.9 0.2 11:00 tcdecode
1 root 8 0 80 64 44 S 0.0 0.0 0:04 init
2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:13 keventd
3 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:01 ksoftirqd_CPU0
4 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 5:22 kswapd
5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:09 bdflush
6 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 kupdated
108 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kreiserfsd
177 root 18 19 812 688 620 S N 0.0 0.1 3:32 check-mail-othe
185 root 9 0 460 428 428 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 dhcpcd
207 root 9 0 2372 1652 1596 S 0.0 0.4 0:20 named
242 root 9 0 972 696 616 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 sendmail
311 root 8 0 504 460 456 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 inetd
533 bin 9 0 388 312 312 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 portmap
545 root 9 0 600 448 448 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 sshd
559 root 9 0 572 540 484 S 0.0 0.1 0:02 syslogd
563 root 9 0 1380 500 500 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 klogd
584 root 8 0 488 412 412 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 lpd
613 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 khubd
655 root 8 0 512 496 496 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 usbmgr
677 at 9 0 580 528 528 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 atd
824 root 8 0 628 580 532 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 cron
865 root 9 0 728 668 648 S 0.0 0.1 0:07 nscd
870 root 9 0 728 668 648 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 nscd
874 root 9 0 728 668 648 S 0.0 0.1 0:11 nscd

I dunno why anyone would bother with MS windows really.
There is running a webserver too (httpd) and >30000 in 30 days on the
nameserver, so >1000 / day.
The playback of the 720x576@25 satellite at 800x600 fuklscreen is perfect.
And it can record too of cause.
Duron 950, IDE flatcable.
Thank you.

PS as you can see there is a DivX encoding session running in the background
(streams Ethernet webcam, this for example runs at lowest priority (nice 19).

The world is for those who know their stuff, others pay a lot for nothing.

Or, 'A good musician can play wonderful music on a child's flute'.

QED.

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:49:25 GMT) it happened Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote in
<1129456177.67c80de676b5169a014c3e1154b1f771@teranews>:

[Phil R.]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:16:33 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Phil R.]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:49:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:38:31 -0700) it happened Phil R.
<screenname@domain.com> wrote in <6775l11djbtvoorolepml8jt0vl0frh4tf@4ax.com>:

[Phil R.]

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:27:34 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:59:11 -0700) it happened Phil R.
<screenname@domain.com> wrote in <fcm6l1da04uc0ulrfheksm81bvsh6hq1d3@4ax.com>:

[Phil R.]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:21:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote: