I am getting choppy play :) Perhaps the download capacity is not adequate? Can one increase the buffer in Mplayer?

> Can one increase the buffer in Mplayer?

RTFM! And I don't even mean the large original manual but Fab's shortish readme.

by Andreas_Wolf on 2010/1/8 2:27:48

> Can one increase the buffer in Mplayer?

RTFM! And I don't even mean the large original manual but Fab's shortish readme.

Ty Andreas.....but I think it may be more than that :( https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=6517&sortname=&sortorder=&sortdays=&viewmode=flat&order=0&start=0
The issue of the speed of the net connection is compounding the poor performance of MPlayer.
as your ORDERS Osco seen heading to RTFM! again.

From the Read Me:
'mplayer -vo help' will show you the available video output drivers. Experiment
with the '-vo' switch to see which one gives you the best performance.
If you get jerky playback or no sound, experiment with the '-ao' switch (see
'-ao help') to choose between different audio drivers. Note that jerky playback
is caused by buggy audio drivers or a slow processor and video card. With a
good audio and video driver combination, one can play DVDs and 720x576 MPEG-4
files smoothly on a Celeron 366. Slower systems may need the '-framedrop'

From the "Morphos ReadMe:

+ Cache system

Cache option is highly recommended for DVD
playback (to compensate reading latency) or network streaming.

Examples:
mplayer -dvd-device ide.device:2 dvd://1 -cache 16384
mplayer -cache 8192 mms://62.67.184.16/Game-TV (nice example to test streaming abilities)

Andreas that's the README!
What now Andreas?
Osco seen headed to:

Please refer to MPlayer documentation for exhaustive information:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html

[ Edited by osco on 2010/1/8 6:48 ]

[ Edited by osco on 2010/1/8 7:00 ]

[ Edited by osco on 2010/1/8 7:41 ]

Quote:

@Andreas_Wolf
ignorant....this is not the response one should give to relatively new users, or seasoned users for that matter damn, I hope a moderator responds...nuff said!

@osco

this is the "cache" option you're looking for (which is in the readme, indeed :)). You can set it directly in the gui settings. If you don't use the gui, -cache <value> can be used.

The cache can also be configured more precisely with more advanced options like -cache-prefill or -cache-min, which are described in the official mplayer documentation (I hope, at least :)).

[ Edited by Fab on 2010/1/8 14:53 ]

> ignorant....this is not the response one should give to relatively new users, or
> seasoned users for that matter

I consider it ignorant towards the program author's work to ignore his readme files and then asking questions in forums that are perfectly answered by the readme contents. That's really nothing to do with being new user oder seasoned user.

> From the "Morphos ReadMe:
>
> + Cache system
>
> Cache option is highly recommended for DVD
> playback (to compensate reading latency) or network streaming.
>
> Examples:
> mplayer -dvd-device ide.device:2 dvd://1 -cache 16384
> mplayer -cache 8192 mms://62.67.184.16/Game-TV (nice example to test streaming
> abilities)
>
> Andreas that's the README!

Yes, perfectly true. You found the well hidden hint ;-)

> What now Andreas?

With my help you quoted the answer to your question ("Can one increase the buffer in Mplayer?") above. You decide what's now, not me.

@Adreas_Wolf,
Ty once again for the light that you bring to this forum.
Your posts fully illuminate the page with your thoughtfullness and charity.
You are right again1 Fab's "read me"
thorough and helpful. That is why I cut and pasted them in my reply above.
The questions asked in this forum and others are posed to obtain help but also to foster community.
Thank goodness we have the manual but there are many degrees of perfection. One of them is to ask as a child.
Thank-you Fab for your sufferance