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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-08-17 18:10:42 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-08-17 18:10:42 +0000
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Windows hints as discussed on mplayer-cygwin
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10646 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -281,8 +281,19 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
<para>QuickTime DLLx and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
Compile with <option>--enable-qtx</option>
and <option>--enable-real</option> and put the codecs into the
- default Windows DLL location, <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
- <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your Windows version.</para>
+ default Windows DLL location,
+ <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
+ <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your
+ Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
+ writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</para>
+
+<para>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using
+ the <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance
+ on some systems. Direct rendering (<option>-dr</option>) may also help.
+ You can prevent OSD flicker through double buffering with the
+ <option>-double</option> option. If playback is jerky, try
+ <option>-autosync 100</option>. If some of these options help you, you
+ may want to put them in your config file.</para>
<para>There are precompiled binary versions made by Sascha Sommer available for
download from
@@ -318,9 +329,6 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
<screen>mplayer dvd://&lt;title&gt; -dvd-device '\\.\d:'</screen>
-<para>The Cygwin console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
- <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance.</para>
-
</sect2>