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That would be helpful nukem, thanks.

The more computability information available, the better.

Aha! I think I found the mistake!

When I ran your commands with the command-line version of mplayer, there was NO LAG during the entire video.

The major difference between your settings and...

I made some typos above (4 video threads!?) but after 1 minute the forum software blocked me from fixing my mistakes.

Sorry for any confusion.

I use the Smplayer GUI for mplayer and I was wondering what video settings were best when using the VDPAU ouput driver.


I've tried thousands of settings, but I still get SLOWER performance with...

Thank you for the additional advice, rogerdv and popper.

I'm very pleased to have receive so much help! :D




Though the GTX 560 will have newer hardware (and $300 is a nice price) I need...

Thank you for the detailed response, Deanjo.

I'm very glad to hear from someone who's tested a similar Nvidia GPU with KDE and VDPAU.

Going by your suggestion, I think I will get this card

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Ever since I discovered that my video card (Geforce GTX 8800) was unsupported by VDPAU, I have been looking for a replacement that DOES support it well.

I started at NewEgg, their two highest...