[MPlayer-users] jerky playing of all files

[Corey Hickey]

Daniel wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hello!
> 
> My problem is that all files I play with Mplayer are 
> somewhat jerky. There is a little jump after 1 or 2 seconds 
> in the picture. If I use sdl either for ao or for vo than 
> there is a constant delay between the sound and the 
> picture. Its more jerky if I play the file from cdrom, even 
> if I try to set a big cache. I have played around with vo 
> xv,x11,sdl,gl,gl2 and ao sdl and arts. Ao oss doesnt work.
> I use 0.90 pre10, nvidia card with the latest driver, 
> kernel 2.4.18-3, Amd Duron 850. redhat 7.3 gcc3.idontknow
> Its maybe an irq problem, it drives me nuts!:)
> Please give me some advise!
> 
Make sure you have DMA enabled. For the most part, this will be like
hdparm -d1 /dev/hda. Read this guide:
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html
(credits to justin case for the link)

Otherwise, please post the entire output of
mplayer -v oneofyourfiles.avi

-Corey