Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

Hmmm I've found that as well :) Even the official guide I linked to in my earlier post says that mplayer can render videos MUCH better than the built in media player

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

For certain video/audio codecs combination, that is indeed true

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

Mplayer is generally better than the builtin player. What a shame that I have to convert videos though. Is there a utility that will convert the videos on the tablet itself? Having to tether off of the PC clearly diminishes the usefulness of the tablet.

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

The tablet doesn't have the horsepower to do any kind of useful video conversion. THat process is very CPU-intensive

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

mplayer rc2 should fare better with wmv and flv files, you can try it, but keep in mind it is experimental.

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

Thank you. There should be no harm in giving it a try... I am kinda new to maemo.org. I have mplayer 1.0rc1-maemo.26.n8x0 installed. Where can I get rc2 to play with?

Sorry for the dumb question...

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

When trying video podcasts, I've found mplayer better for some (tekzilla in xvid codec) and the native media player better for others (anything by cnet). Cnet videos look like a slideshow in mplayer.

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

Like bundyo says, for wmv, his mplayer rc2 is recommended.

And have you noticed wmv plays better with sound disabled?
(-ao null -nosound)

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

Umm, mplayer is not in any case mine :)

That said - yes, i noticed in some occasions. Maybe decoding wma is taxing.

EDIT: Just replace the executable without deinstalling the current one (or rename it first to keep a backup):

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ht=mplayer+rc2

Re: Performance of mplayer playing back WMV is miserable
 

I know :). I mean in a maemo, general sense as u compiled it :)