What distro are you running? Are you trying to run this to and from local disk or over some kind of cable? USB, Eithernet etc? Is there any thing else running that can be fighting for resources? Try running top and see who else is eating resources.
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I used a Core2Duo with no hardware acceleration duh to play The Searchers on my Gentoo box at work with no issues.
It wasn't choppy at all. It was just fun trying to fit a 1920x1080 image on a 1280x720 display.
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Which ripped...err..re-purposed non-AACS encrypted disc are you trying to play (as you did post this in the HDTV section)?
Moreover, what kernel are you using?
It wasn't choppy at all. It was just fun trying to fit a 1920x1080 image on a 1280x720 display.
Which ripped...err..re-purposed non-AACS encrypted disc are you trying to play (as you did post this in the HDTV section)?
Moreover, what kernel are you using?
I've had very good success with x264 on linux (fedora9, 2.6.25 kernel) running on hardware less powerful than what you have (Athlon X2 4000+ paired with an nvidia 6200 graphics card). All of my DVD backups are done with x264 at a bitrate somewhere between 2 and 3kbps. It can't play videos with a 1900x1080 resolution, but anything 1280x720 and lower play fine as long as the scene isn't overly complex (everything lower than 1280x720 that I've thrown at it so far play fine). I use mplayer and play all of my videos from a network share with buffering enabled to accommodate for lower bandwidth across the homeplug AV adapters I'm using.
My non expert opinion says your hardware should work with x264 videos at the resolution you are using (just based on my experience). Either the bitrate is too high or you've got some other issue. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice that's not already posted
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I've had very good success with x264 on linux (fedora9, 2.6.25 kernel) running on hardware less powerful than what you have (Athlon X2 4000+ paired with an nvidia 6200 graphics card). All of my DVD backups are done with x264 at a bitrate somewhere between 2 and 3kbps. It can't play videos with a 1900x1080 resolution, but anything 1280x720 and lower play fine as long as the scene isn't overly complex (everything lower than 1280x720 that I've thrown at it so far play fine). I use mplayer and play all of my videos from a network share with buffering enabled to accommodate for lower bandwidth across the homeplug AV adapters I'm using.
My non expert opinion says your hardware should work with x264 videos at the resolution you are using (just based on my experience). Either the bitrate is too high or you've got some other issue. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice that's not already posted
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