On Saturday 21 February 2009 11:42:21 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 20 February 2009 16:52:48 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > On Friday 20 February 2009 14:39:32 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Friday 20 February 2009 11:54:40 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > On Friday 20 February 2009 13:42:48 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > On Friday 20 February 2009 10:42:05 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > > On Friday 20 February 2009 12:12:31 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > > On Friday 20 February 2009 05:49:55 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > > > > When it comes to Video Viewing I use kmplayer. It has the
> > > > > > > > capability to work with either phonon or mplayer backends on
> > > > > > > > demand. It works very well. Also, it does playlists though
> > > > > > > > I've never really worked with them.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On the AA1 it gives a nice picture, but pauses about every 3
> > > > > > > seconds.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anne
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On both backends?
> > > > >
> > > > > It seems to be using the xine backend - at least there is a whole
> > > > > config page headed Xine. I can't see where I can try gstreamer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anne
> > > >
> > > > Settings -> Configure KMPlayer -> Source -> Use movie player:
> > > >
> > > > You should MPlayer, Ice Ape (no idea), Phonon.
> > >
> > > That was set to MPlayer. I tried setting it to both gstreamer and
> > > xine. The clip I fed it includes quite a lot of night photography -
> > > very dark backgrounds. Neither handled it well. Xine stuttered.
> > > Gstreamer gave what looked like a series of stills. I fed the same
> > > clip to
> > > DragonPlayer. It sailed smoothly through the whole of that night stuff.
> > > There's just no competition.
> >
> > If you're playing through MPlayer you're playing through whatever mplayer
> > is using. Try setting the source to Phonon. See if that helps.
>
> I only have
>
> GStreamer
> MPlayer
> Ice Ape
> Xine
>
> In systemsettings the multimedia entry only allows me to set audio. The
> Backend tab is currently set to
>
> Xine
> GStreamer
>
> Deinterlacing is on only for DVD (maybe I should turn it on for file, too?)
>


What version do you have installed?


Eli



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