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?)

Anne