<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Monospace'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Friday 20 February 2009 14:39:32 Anne Wilson wrote:<br>
> On Friday 20 February 2009 11:54:40 Eli Wapniarski wrote:<br>
> > On Friday 20 February 2009 13:42:48 Anne Wilson wrote:<br>
> > > On Friday 20 February 2009 10:42:05 Eli Wapniarski wrote:<br>
> > > > On Friday 20 February 2009 12:12:31 Anne Wilson wrote:<br>
> > > > > On Friday 20 February 2009 05:49:55 Eli Wapniarski wrote:<br>
> > > > > > When it comes to Video Viewing I use kmplayer. It has the<br>
> > > > > > capability to work with either phonon or mplayer backends on<br>
> > > > > > demand. It works very well. Also, it does playlists though I've<br>
> > > > > > never really worked with them.<br>
> > > > ><br>
> > > > > On the AA1 it gives a nice picture, but pauses about every 3<br>
> > > > > seconds.<br>
> > > > ><br>
> > > > > Anne<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > On both backends?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > It seems to be using the xine backend - at least there is a whole<br>
> > > config page headed Xine. I can't see where I can try gstreamer.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Anne<br>
> ><br>
> > Settings -> Configure KMPlayer -> Source -> Use movie player:<br>
> ><br>
> > You should MPlayer, Ice Ape (no idea), Phonon.<br>
><br>
> That was set to MPlayer. I tried setting it to both gstreamer and xine. <br>
> The clip I fed it includes quite a lot of night photography - very dark<br>
> backgrounds. Neither handled it well. Xine stuttered. Gstreamer gave<br>
> what looked like a series of stills. I fed the same clip to DragonPlayer. <br>
> It sailed smoothly through the whole of that night stuff. There's just no<br>
> competition.<br>
><br>
If you're playing through MPlayer you're playing through whatever mplayer is using. Try setting the source to Phonon. See if that helps.<br>
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